DIGEST 


OF    THE 


ACTS   OF    ASSEMBLY 


ORDINANCES  OF  COUNCILS 


RELATING    TO   THE 


GIRARD  COLLEGE  EOR  ORPHANS: 


WITH    THE 


BY-LAWS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS, 

THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  INSTITUTION, 

AND 

THE  WILL  OF  MR.  <HffAggl}uy  fff  yjjg 

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UWVEBSlTy  Of  1UIN«S 

jMjarca  for  m  use  o£  ti)e  38oarH  lii>  JO..  «W.  3ufi, 

Secretary  of  the  Girard  College. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

CRISSY  &  MARKLEY,  PRINTERS,  NO.  4  MINOR  STREET, 
1851. 


DIGEST 


ACTS   OF   ASSEMBLY 


ORDINANCES  OF  COUNCILS 


RELATING    TO    THE 


GIRARD  COLLEGE  EOR  ORPHANS: 


WITH   THE 


BY-LAWS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS, 

THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  INSTITUTION, 


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)o« 


THE  WILL  OF  MR.  GIRARD. 


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Secretary  of  the  Girard  Collei 


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IMIVEBSliy  OF  JLUNINS. 

PHILADELPHIA: 

CRISSY  *  MARKLEY,  PRINTERS,  NO.  4  MINOR  STREET, 

1851. 


OF 

OCT   15  1930 

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ACTS   OF   ASSEMBLY. 

Act  of  March  24th,  1832. 

aw  act 

To  enable  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Philadelphia, 
to  carry  into  effect  certain  improvements,  and  execute  cer- 
tain Trusts. 

Sect.  XI.     No  road  or  street  shall  be  laid  out  or  passed       No  ™d,  ?* 

street  to  be  laid 
through  the  land  in  the  County  of  Philadelphia,  bequeathed  by  out  through  the 

the  late  Stephen  Girard  for  the  erection  of  a  College,  unless  co  ege  grou 
the  same  shall  be  recommended  by  the  Trustees  or  Directors 
of  the  said  College,  and  approved  of  by  a  majority  of  the  Se- 
lect and  Common  Councils  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia. 

Act  of  February  27th,  1847. 

aw  act 

Relative  to  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  in 
General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  au- 
thority of  the  same,  That  the  Guardians  for  the  Relief  and 
Employment  of  the  Poor  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  the 
District  of  Southwark,  and  the  Townships  of  the  Northern 
Liberties  and  Penn,  be,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized,  with 


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Guardians  of  the  consent  of  the  surviving  mother,  guardian,  next  friend,  or 
ne    Poor    em-  . 

powered  to  ind-  by  their  own  authority  if  there  be  no  such  mother,  guardian 

to  the  °MayorS  or  next  frienc^  °f  anY  Poor  white  male  orphan  child  within 

Aldermen  and  this   Commonwealth,  between  the  age  of  six  and  ten  years, 
Citizens  of  Phi-  .     .    *  *  J 

ladelphia,      as   for  whose  admission  to  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans  ap- 

theWilTof  Ste-  plication  shall  have  been  made  to  bind  such  orphan  child  by 
phen  Girard.       indenture  to  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Philadel- 
phia, as  trustees  under  the  Will  of  Stephen  Girard,  deceased, 
as  an  orphan,  to  be  admitted  into  the  said  college,  to  be  there 
maintained  and  educated   according  to  the  provisions  and  in 
the  manner  and  under  all  the  regulations  and  restraints  di- 
rected or  contained  in  the  said  Will,  or  as  the  said  Corpora- 
tion of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Philadelphia  shall 
lawfully  ordain  under  the  said  Will ;    which  said  indenture 
Indenture  not   shall  not  express  any  term  or  time  when  the  said  binding  shall 
termofblndinff6  expire>  but  such  binding  shall  nevertheless  expire  at  furthest 

but   to   expire  before  the  said  orphan  shall  attain  the  age  of  eighteen  years, 

before  the    age  . 

of  18  years,  at  or  at  the  pleasure  of  the  said   trustees  at  any  time  after  he 

the  Trustees.0    sna^  nave  arrived  at  between  the  ages  of  fourteen  and  eighteen 

years,  or  at  any  other  time  before  his  attaining  the  said  age  of 

fourteen  years,  when  the   said  orphan  shall  by  mal-conduct 

cease  to  merit  the  benefits  of  the  said  College ;  and  the  said 

trustees  shall  duly  declare  the  said  fact,  and  such  orphan  child 

shall  be   bound  to  abide  by  and   submit  to  such  provisions, 

regulations  and  restraints,  as  fully  as  if  he  were  of  full  age 

and  consented  thereto  at  the  time  of  such  binding,  and  shall 

be  entitled  to  the  benefits  of  the  said  College  according  to  the 

Will  of  the  said  testator ;  and  the  said  parties  shall  be  mutually 

Relief m  case  entitled  to  relief  for  breach  of  duty  by  the  other,  in  the  same 
of    breach     of 
duty.  manner  and  by  the  same  tribunals  as  is  now  provided  by  law 

in  regard  to  apprentices  and  their  master  or  mistress,  respec- 
tively. 

Mayor,    Al-       Sect.  2.     That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  Mayor,  Alder- 
dermen  and  Ci- 
tizens of  Phila-  men  and  Citizens  of  Philadelphia,  and  for  such  persons  as  they 

ered  toTnden-  sna^  ky  Ordinance  authorize,  appoint  and  direct  for  this  pur- 

ture    Orphans  p0se,  to  bind  by  indenture  any  and  every  such  orphan  child 

after       leaving  r  J  . 

the  College  to  who  shall  have  remained  in  the  said  College  until  he  shall 
suitable  persons  .  j '     .   ..    ,  ~  ,      .    ,  .  c  •,, 

in  the  occupa-  arrive  at  between  fourteen  and  eighteen  years  ot  age,  and  be- 
tl0"s  of&  a2ri"  fore  his  arrival  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  to  serve  as  an 


apprentice  to  any   suitable  person  in  this    Commonwealth  in 
either  of  the  occupations  of  agriculture,  navigation,  arts,  me- 
chanical trades,  or  manufactures,  according  to  the  will  of  the 
said  testator ;  and  such  orphan  child  shall  be  bound  to  serve 
the  time  in  his  respective  indenture  contained,  so  as  such  time 
or  term  of  years  of  such  apprentice  do  expire  at  or  before  the       Term  of  In- 
age  of  twenty-one  years,  as  fully  to  all  intents  and  purposes   at  or^beforeThe 
as  if  he  were  of  full  age  at  the  time  of  making  such  indenture;   age  of  21  years. 
and  the  said  indenture  shall  contain  and  be  deemed  valid  in 
containing   such   covenants   and  stipulations   for  the  feeding, 
clothing,  and  educating  such  orphan  child  as  the  said  Corpo- 
ration, by  Ordinance,  from  time  to  time  shall  direct.     And  in  Authority 
i                          r-                    i                              i     ii     i-      ,     r          i        again    to    bind 
case  the  master  of  any  such  apprentice  shall  die  before  the   such  orphan  in 

expiration  of  such  apprenticeship,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  ^uch^pren- 
said  Corporation,  or  such  persons  as  they  shall  authorize,  ap-  tice  should  die, 
point  and  direct,  as  aforesaid,  again  to  bind  such  orphan  child 
to  such  other  person  in  this  Commonwealth  as  they  shall  ap- 
prove, being  of  one  of  the  occupations  aforesaid,  and  so  on 
from  time  to  time  as  often  as  such  master  shall  die  before  such 
apprentice  shall  attain  the  age  of  twenty-one  years ;  all  which 
indentures  shall  be  of  the  same  effect  and  validity,  and  shall 
in  all  respects  be  as  subject  to  the  Acts  of  Assembly  which 
now  are,  or  at  the  time  shall  be  in  force  in  this  State  in  re- 
gard to  apprentices,  and  their  masters  and  mistresses,  as  if 
the  said  indenture  had  been  made  in  conformity  to  the  said 
acts. 

Sect.  3.     The  said  Corporation  of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen       The  Mayor, 
and  Citizens  of  Philadelphia,  shall   be  the  guardian  of  every   Citizens  of  Phi- 
such  orphan  child  during  the  time  that  he  shall  remain  in  the   [h^gSian  of 
said  orphan  college;  and  in  case  any  such  orphan  child,  at  or   such  orphan, 
before  the  time  of  such  binding  to  the  said  Corporation  as  an 
orphan,  or  during  his  remaining  in  such  College,  shall  possess 
or  become  entitled  to  any  effects  or  property,  the  said  Corpora-        Corporation 
tion  shall  be  entitled,  in  like  manner  as  other  guardians,  to   0°  'property1*  of 

demand   and  receive  the  same  from  any  person  having  pos-   orphans,     and 

.  &  r  account  for  the 

session  thereof,  or  owing  the  same,  and  to  give  acquittance  same. 

therefor;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Corporation  to 

take  care  of  the  same  as  guardians,  and  to  make  the  same 

productive  as  far  as    reasonably  can  be,  and  to  deliver  and 


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pay  over  the  same,  with  the  increase,  to  the  said  orphan,  on 
his  attaining  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  or  to  his  legal  rep- 
resentatives if  he  shall  die  before  attaining  that  age. 

nl hSZ&am.  Section  4-  That  {t  sha11  be  lawful  for  the  said  the  Mayor, 
Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Philadelphia,  to  make  application 
at  any  time  after  such  binding,  to  the  judges  of  any  Court 
in  the  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,  having  equity  juris- 
diction, to  cancel  and  annul  the  said,  indenture,  or  other  in- 
strument of  binding,  so  that  the  same  shall  be  no  longer  bind- 
ing upon  the  said  Corporation  as  trustees  of  the  said  Orphan 
College ;  and  upon  such  application  being  made,  and  notice 
thereof  being  given  to  the  Overseers  or  Guardians  of  the  Poor 
of  the  district  in  this  Commonwealth  in  which  such  orphan 
had  a  settlement  at  the  time  of  his  admission,  or  to  the  "  Guar- 
dians for  the  Relief  and  Employment  of  the  Poor  of  the  City 
of  Philadelphia,  the  District  of  Southwark,  and  the  Townships 
of  Northern  Liberties  and  Penn,"  if  such  orphan  had  no 
settlement  in  this  State  at  the  time  of  his  admission,  and  suffi- 
cient cause  being  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  said  Court, 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  Court  to  decree  and  order  that 
the  said  Indenture  shall  be  cancelled  and  annulled,  either  ab- 
solutely or  upon  such  terms  as  the  Court  shall  see  fit;  and 
the  same  shall  thereupon  be  cancelled  and  annulled  accord- 
ingly; and  the  said  orphan  child  and  the  corporation  afore- 
said, and  all  other  persons,  be  respectively  discharged  there- 
from. 


ORDINANCES  OF  COUNCILS 


To  Provide  for  the  Organization  and  Management  of  the 
Girard  College  for  Orphans. 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens  of 

Philadelphia,  in    Select   and   Common   Councils   assembled.      Appointment 

r  ,  _  of  a   Board  of 

That  the  persons  to  be  chosen  in  the  manner  hereinafter  spe-    Directors  to  or- 

cified,  shall    constitute  a    Board  of   Directors,  whose  duty  it   |a"eTheGirard 

shall  be  to  superintend  the  organization  and   management  of  College. 

the  Girard  College  for  Orphans,  in  conformity  with  the  Will 

of  the   late  Stephen   Girard,  and   with  such  Ordinances  and 

Resolutions  as   the    Select  and  Common  Councils  may  from 

time  to  time  enact  and  adopt  in  relation  thereto. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid.  That  the  Select  and   Common  Councils   zens  0f  phii-J 

shall,  at  any  stated  meeting-  in  June  next,  elect  by  ballot  six-   delphia  to  con- 
'  J  &  '  J  stitute  the  said 

teen   citizens  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  to   be  the  Directors   Board. 

of  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans:  eight  of  whom  shall  be 

elected  by  the  Select,  and  eight  by  the  Common  Council. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  immediately  after  such  election,  the    ,  Divided  into 

four  classes. 
Clerk  of  each  Council  shall  divide  the  persons  so  elected  by 

their  respective  Councils,  by  lot,  into  four  classes  of  two  for 

each  Council:  the  first  class  to  serve  for  one  year,  the  second 

to  serve  for  two  years,  the  third  to  serve  for  three  years,  and 

the  fourth  to  serve  for  four  years;  and  shall  record  the  result 

upon  the  minutes  of  their  respective  Councils. 


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Two  citizens       Section  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

of  Philadelphia  ,       .  .      _,  .       _  ,  .., 

to  be  elected  Di-   authority  aforesaid,  lhat  at  the  first  stated  meeting  in  June, 

branch oTcoun?   of  each  succeeding  year,  the  Select  Council  and  the  Common 
cils  at.  the  first   Council  shall  each  elect  two   persons,  citizens  of  the  City  of 

stated    meeting 

in  June  in  each   Philadelphia,  to  serve  as  Directors  of  the  Girard  College  lor 
year'  Orphans  for  the  term  of  four  years  next  ensuing,  and  to  supply 

the  place  of  those  whose  term  of  service  shall  have  expired. 
Vacancies  Section  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  any  vacancy  in  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors arising  from  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal  from 
the  City  of  any  member,  or  from  the  circumstance  of  any 
person  elected  declining  to  serve,  shall  be  supplied  by  a  spe- 
cial election  by  the  Council  by  which  such  member  or  person 
was  elected,  to  be  held  as  early  as  convenient  after  such  va- 
cancy is  known  to  exist. 
Election     of       Section  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

President    and  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Directors  first  chosen  shall  meet 

Secretary  of  the  J    J 

Board.       Part  within  two  weeks  after  their  appointment,  and  shall  elect  one 

within  brackets  -         .                                        '      _       . ,                             . .  n                  _^. 

repealed,    vide  of  their  own  number  to  be   President  of   the  said  Board  of  Di- 

page  26.  rectors,  and  one  other  person,  not  of  their  own  number,  to  be 

Secretary;  and  the  election  of  President  [and  Secretary]  shall 
take  place  in  each  succeeding  year,  at  the  meeting  next  after 
the  annual  election  of  Directors  by  Councils  in  June. 

[Section  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Secretary  so  chosen  shall  keep 
Repealed  and   regular  minutes  of  the  proceedings   and  transactions  of  the 
plement  passed   Board,  which  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  members  of 
vide  pare  23       Councils,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  Councils 
or  the  Directors  shall  require;  for  all  which  he  shall  receive 
a  reasonable  compensation,  to  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors, not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  three   hundred  dollars  per 
annum,  payable  quarterly.] 

^.  Section  8.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

Directors  re-  J 

quired  to   pre-   authority  aforesaid,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of 

pare    a    system    y-..  ,  ,  .        , 

of  government   Directors   to   prepare,  as  soon  as  practicable,  and  submit  to 

for the SQUntlon  Councils  for  their  approbation,  the  plan  of  a  system  of  govern- 
ment and  instruction  for  the  said  College,  having  reference  to 
the  provisions  of  the  Will  of  Stephen  Girard,  as  far  as  they 


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are   expressed   on   this  subject:  which  plan  shall  specify  the 

number  of  instructors,  agents,  and  officers  necessary  for  the 

instruction  and  government  of  the  inmates  of  said  College;  and 

the  salaries  to  be  paid  said  instructors,  agents,  and  officers;  and      Additional  of- 
ficers not  to  be 
whenever  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  consider  it  necessary  to  employed  with- 

employ  additional  instructors,  agents,  and  officers,  they  shall   ™om  councils^ 
apply  to  Councils  for  authority  before  engaging  them. 

Section  9.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  whenever  such  plan  of  government 
and  instruction  shall  be  approved  by  the  said  Councils,  it  shall 
be   the   duty  of  the    said    Board  of  Directors  to  give  at  least        Directors  to 
twenty  days  public  notice  of  the  intended  opening  of  the  said   UcTof  theopen- 
CoIIege,  in  order  that  an  opportunity  may  be  afforded  to  make  jnS  of  tne  Col- 
selections    of  competent    instructors,    and   other   officers   and 
agents,  and  that  those  having  the  charge  of  orphans  may  ap- 
ply for  their  admission  therein. 

Section  10.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

Nine  members 
authority  aforesaid,  That  nine  of  the  said  Board  of  Directors   to  be  a  quorum. 

shall  be  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and  the  said 
Board  of  Directors  shall,  at  the  first  stated  meeting  of  Coun- 
cils, in  the  month  of  December,  and  every  year  thereafter, 
present   to  Councils  detailed  estimates  of  the  sums  of  money       Estimates  to 

required    under   the    following    heads: — Salaries,  Subsistence,   be  presented  to 
n  °  '  '    Councils. 

Clothing,  Books  and  Stationery,  Furniture,  Fuel,  and  Inciden- 
tals, for  the  following  year,  commencing  on  the  1st  day  of 
January,  in  order  that  the  proper  appropriations  may  be  made, 
and  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Girard 
Estates,  for  the  use  of  the  Girard  College  ;  and  the  said  Board 
of  Directors  shall  not  enter  into  any  contract  or  engagement 
whatsoever,  unless  the  appropriation  shall  have  been  made 
therefor. 

Section  11.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  appropriations  made  as  mentioned       ]j£ow  appro_ 
in  the  foregoing  Section,  shall  be  paid  by  the  Treasurer  of  the   Priatu?jSb  slJ?U 

Girard  Fund,  upon  the  warrant  of  the  Mayor,  founded  in  all   treasurer  of  the 

...  ~    ,      ^         ,      (.  ~  .     .  r  xI       Girard  Fund, 

cases  upon  a  requisition  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the 

Girard  Estates :  but  no  such  requisition  shall  be  issued  by  the 

said  Commissioners,  unless  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  certify 


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that  the  claim  or  sum  for  which  such  requisition  is  to  issue  is 
correct. 

Section  12.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  no  member  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 

No  Director  tors>  nor  any  member  of  the  Select  and  Common  Councils  shall 

or   member  of  ^e  directly   or  indirectly  concerned  in  any  contract,  engage- 
Counciltobem-  J  J 

terestedinfum-   ment,  or  arrangement  for  furnishing  any  supplies,  whereby  any 
is  ing  supp  ies.   ^^  or  a(jvantage   may  ensue  to  him  in  the  management  of 
said  College. 

Passed  May  27th,  1847. 


To  provide  for  the  Opening  of  the  Girard  College  for 
Orphans. 

Section  1.     Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens  of 

Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled,  That 

The  Building  the  Building  Committee  of  the  Girard  College  be,  and  they  are 
Committee    di- 
rected to  deliver   hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  deliver  the  possession  of  said 

C°oHe2e°&c  to  College,  as  soon  as  the  same  shall  have  been  completed,  and 

the  Directors.      aiso  ^q  grounds  and  buildings  belonging  thereunto,  together 

with  the  books,  furniture,  and  apparatus  therein  contained,  to 

the  Directors  of  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  the  said  Directors  shall,  as  soon  as 

practicable  after  receiving  possession  of  the  said  grounds  and 

buildings,  cause   the    same  to  be  supplied  with  such  suitable 

Directors   to  additional  furniture,  books,  and  apparatus,  as  may  be  necessary 

tureid&cFUIni"  for  the  use  of  the  PuPils  to  be  admitted  to  said  College,  and  for 
the  use  of  such  of  the  instructors  and  other  agents  of  the  In- 
stitution, as  are  to  be  supplied  therewith  from  the  College 
funds. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  when  such  suitable  furniture,  books, 


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and  apparatus  have  been  obtained,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 

said  Directors  to  give  thirty  days  notice  of  the  intended  open-     .g"^?™   Jj 

ing  of  the  College,  so  that  there  may  be  an  opportunity  to  make   the  opening  of 

.  ,    ,         the  College, 

selections  of  competent  instructors  and  other  agents,  and  that 

those  who  may  have  the  charge  of  orphans  may  be  aware  of 

the  provisions  intended  for  them. 

Section  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Directors 

to  prepare  and  publish,  with  the  notice  of  the  intended  opening  pub||ghCtform  o°f 

of  the  College,  a  form  of  application  for  the  admission  of  or-   application    by 

...  .  .  Orphans, 

phans,  in  which  the  requisitions  of  the  Will  of  Stephen  Girard 

in  regard  to  the  birth-place,  residence,  and  age  of  the  applicant, 
his  name,  health,  and  condition  as  to  relatives,  and  other  parti- 
culars useful  to  be  known  of  each  orphan,  shall  be  carefully 
observed ;  and  the  said  Directors,  in  the  admission  of  appli- 
cants, shall  consider  and  decide  on  the  claims  of  such  appli- 
cants only,  and  in  the  order  in  which  they  may  regularly  apply 
in  compliance  with  such  form. 

Section  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid.  That  there  shall  be  three  departments  of  To  be  three 
instruction  in  said  College,  to  be  designated  the  Primary,  the  instruction." 
Principal  and  the  Collegiate  department.  The  Primary  depart- 
ment shall  be  organized  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  open- 
ing of  the  College,  and  the  Principal  and  Collegiate  departments, 
when  the  advanced  standing  and  education  of  the  pupils  may 
render  the  same  necessary.  The  pupils  shall  be  instructed  in 
the  various  branches  of  a  sound  education,  as  directed  by  the 
will  of  Stephen  Girard. 

Section  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Directors  be,  and  they  are  hereby       Directors  au- 
thorized to  elect 
authorized,  after  giving  notice  as  aforesaid,  to  elect  the  follow-   Officers  of  the 

ing   officers,  instructors,  and    agents  for  the  Institution,   who      °  ege' 

shall  severally  hold  their  offices  during  the  pleasure  of  the  said 

Directors : 

First.  A  President  of  the  College,  who  shall  be   the  chief 

executive  officer  of  the  Institution,  and  superintend  the  several   „  Duties  of  the 

tr  President  of  the 

courses  of  instruction  to  be  given  therein,  and  administer  the  College. 

discipline  thereof.     He  shall  cause  the  pupils  to  be  carefully 

taught  by  the  various  instructors,  according  to  such  detailed 


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plans  as  may  from  time  to  time  he  approved  of  by  the  Direc- 
tors, and  shall  give  such  personal  attention  to  the  education, 
diet,  clothing,  lodging,  and  exercises  of  the  pupils,  as  may  be 
needed  to  preserve  good  order  and  economy  in  the  household, 
and  to  accomplish  the  purposes  of  the  Institution.  He  shall 
reside  in  such  one  of  the  College  out-buildings  as  may  be  de- 
signated by  the  Directors ;  he  shall  supply  his  own  table,  fuel 
Si  h  fthe  anc^  ^urn^tureJ  and  shall  receive  as  a  compensation  for  his  ser- 
President.  vices  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  to  be  paid 

quarterly. 

t^  .-      r.u         Second.  A  Matron,  who  shall  aid  the  President  in  the  general 
Duties  of  the  & 

Matron.  administration  of  the  discipline  of  the  College,  and  in  ordering 

its  household  affairs,  particularly  in  reference  to  the  clothing, 
diet,  lodging,  and  exercise  of  the  pupils,  and  to  the  promotion 
of  good  morals,  good  manners,  and  harmony  among  them, 
carrying  out  in  her  office  such  directions  as  may  be  given  by 
the  President  for  those  purposes,  from  time  to  time,  under  such 
plans  as  may  be  adopted  by  the  Directors.  She  shall  reside  in 
such  apartments  of  one  of  the  College  out-buildings  as  may  be 
designated  for  her  use  by  the  Directors.  Her  furniture  and 
table  shall  be  supplied  by  the  Institution,  and  the  female  teach- 
ers and  governesses  shall  board  with  her.     She  shall  receive  as 

Salary  of  the   a  compensation  for  her  services  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  dol- 
Matron.  ■    . 

lars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

Third.  A   Steward,   who  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the 

President,  and   in  conformity  with  such  general  rules  as  may 

Duties  of  the  '  *  &  J 

Steward.  from   time   to   time   be  adopted  by  the  Directors,  purchase  the 

needful  supplies  of  fuel,  and  plain  and  suitable  food  for  the 
Matron,  teachers,  and  officers,  who  are  to  be  supported  in  the 
establishment,  and  for  the  pupils,  and  shall  be  responsible  for 
the  cleanliness  and  good  order  of  the  apartments  used  by  the 
pupils  for  refection  and  repose.  He  shall  have  under  his  direc- 
tion such  number  of  male  and  female  domestics  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  authorized  to  be  employed  by  the  Directors,  and 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  care  and  condition  of  the  grounds 
and  buildings  of  the  Institution.  Fie  shall  reside  in  or  near  the 
College  out-buildings,  in  such  place  as  may  be  designated  by 
the  Directors.  He  shall  supply  his  own  table,  fuel,  and  furni- 
ture, and  shall  receive  as  a  compensation  for  his  services  the 


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sum  of  eight  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  to  be  paid  quarterly.   „  Salary  of  the 

°  .  .      .  Steward. 

Provided,  that  no  board  furnished  by  the  Institution  shall  be  at 

a  private  table,  but  at  commons,  in  accordance  with  the  general 

economy  of  the  establishment. 

Section  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  said  Directors  shall,  upon  notice 
to  be  given  as  aforesaid,  elect  for  every  one  hundred  pupils  who  Tea  he*10"  nd 
may  be  admitted  into  the  Primary  Department  of  the  College,  Governesses. 
one  Principal  Female  Teacher,  one  First  Assistant  Female 
Teacher,  and  one  Second  Assistant  Female  Teacher,  and  four 
Governesses.  The  compensation  of  such  teachers  and  go- 
vernesses shall  be  as  follows,  payable  quarterly  : 

Principal  Female  Teacher,  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  Salaries    of 

First  Assistant  Female  Teacher,  three  hundred  and  fifty  dol-   Governesses^ 
lars  per  annum. 

Second  Assistant  Female  Teacher,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  per  annum. 

Governesses,  each,  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

The  said  teachers  shall,  under  the  direction  and  superintend- 
ance  of  the  President,  instruct  the  pupils  in  such  branches  of  Teachers, 
knowledge  as  may  be  directed  to  be  taught  in  the  Primary  De- 
partment, under  such  detailed  plan  as  may  have  been  adopted 
by  the  Directors ;  and  they  shall  be  directly  responsible  to  the 
President  for  the  good  order  and  attention  of  the  pupils  while 
at  study,  and  for  the  proper  care  of  Books,  Apparatus,  Furni- 
ture and  Apartments  used  by  them  while  receiving  instruction. 

The  said  Governesses  shall  have  charge  of  the  pupils  during  Ditties  of 
the  hours  of  recreation  and  repose,  and  shall  be  responsible  to  Governesses, 
the  President  for  their  good  order,  attention,  and  proper  conduct 
during  those  times.  The  President,  Matron,  Teachers,  and 
Governesses,  shall  preside  and  attend  at  the  tables  of  the  pupils, 
and  cause  them  to  be  properly  supplied  with  the  food  which  has 
been  prepared  for  them.  The  Governesses  shall,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Matron,  attend  to  the  clothing  and  cleanliness 
of  the  pupils,  causing  them  to  observe  carefully  the  rules  that 
may  from  time  to  time  be  established  for  those  objects. 

The  said  Governesses  shall  lodge  in  or  near  the  apartments 
of  the  pupils,  so  as  to  be  ready  at  all  times  to  render  them  as- 
sistance in  case  of  illness  or  accident. 


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Section  8.  Aiul  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted,  by  the 
Election  of  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  said  directors  shall,  upon  like  no- 
tice, elect  two  visiting  physicians.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  one 
of  them  to  attend  daily  at  the  Institution,  or  oftener  if  required. 
They  shall  attend  to  and  prescribe  proper  remedies  for  the  pupils 
and  officers  of  the  Institution  in  case  of  illness,  and  shall  make 
sidans.SOf  Phy  monthly  reports  to  the  Directors,  exhibiting  the  state  of  health 
of  the  household,  and  the  nature  and  termination  of  the  diseases 
to  which  they  have  attended.  One  of  them  shall  also  examine 
all  applicants  for  admission  into  the  College,  and  certify  to  the 
Directors  as  to  the  present,  and  as  far  as  practicable,  from  pro- 
per enquiries,  the  past  state  of  health  of  the  applicant. 

They  shall  each  receive  as  a  compensation  for  their  services 
Salaries    of 
Physicians.         the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

Section  9.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  in  addition  to  the  foregoing  Officers, 

T    .       _       Teachers,  Governesses,  and  Physicians,  the  Directors  are  here- 
Jamtor,  Gar-  J 

dener,  and  Ser-   by  authorized  to  employ  a  Janitor  and  Gardener,  and  such  other 
e(]  male,  and  female  servants  as  they  may  find  it  proper  to  have  for 

the  well  ordering  of  the  establishment,  and  to  fix  their  wages 
and  duties,  and  report  the  same  to  Councils,  and  keep  a  record 
of  the  name,  compensation  and  occupation  of  every  person  so 
names,  wages,  employed  by  them,  which  record  shall  be  in  the  charge  of  the 
SCbe°keSptVantS  President  of  tne  College,  and  be  at  all  times  open  to  the  inspec- 
tion of  any  Committee,  or  any  member  of  the  Select  and  Com- 
mon Councils. 

Section  10.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same 
are  hereby  appropriated  for  the  year  ending  December  81, 1847, 

for  the  use  of  the  Directors,  and  for  the  purposes  hereinafter 
$9300  appro-  .         ,         ,  . ,  •,,-,,  i 

priated  for  the   mentioned,  to  be  paid  as  provided  in  the  eleventh  section  of  an 

recto°rs  for  the   Ordinance,  passed  May  27th,  1847,  entitled  "  An  Ordinance  to 

yearending  De-   pr0vide   for  the  organization  and  management  of  the  Girard 
cember  31,  '47.    F  ^  „ 

College  for  Orphans. 

For  Furniture,  Books,  and  Apparatus,  five  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  maintenance  of  the  Pupils,  Matron,  Teachers,  Go- 
vernesses, and  the  clothing  of  the  pupils,  Janitor's  and  Gar- 
dener's wages,  and  wages  of  house  servants  and  fuel,  two  thou, 
sand  dollars. 


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For  the  Salary  of  the  President,  Matron,  Steward,  Principal 
Female  Teacher,  First  Assistant  Female  Teacher,  Second  As- 
sistant Female  Teacher,  four  Governesses,  and  two  Visiting 
Physicians,  eighteen  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars. 

For  Salary  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Directors  of  the  Girard 
College,  for  seven  months,  one  hundred  and  seventy-five 
dollars. 

For  the  Incidental  Expenses  of  the  Directors,  Books,  Print- 
ing, and  Stationery,  for  their  use,  three  hundred  dollars. 

Passed  September  16,  1847. 


m  Siuppltmtnt 

To  an  Ordinance  entitled  "  An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the 
opening  of  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans"  passed  Sep- 
tember 16,  1847. 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens  of 

Philadelphia ,  in    Select   and   Common    Councils  assembled, 

That  so  much  of  the  appropriations  made  by  the  Ordinance  to 

,.,,..  ,  ,  ,.    .         ,  ,  Appropriations 

which  this  is  a  supplement  as  are  to  be  applied  to  the  purchase   made  Sept.  16, 

of  furniture,  books  and  apparatus,  and  placing  the  same  in  the   *^ >J °  g^^J 
College  and  out-buildings,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  arising  funds, 
from  the  sales  of  stocks  and  loans  set  apart  heretofore  for  the 
erection  of  the  College,  and  that  all  other  appropriations  made 
by  said  Ordinance  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  income  of  the  resi- 
duary portion  of  the  Girard  Estate. 

Passed  October  28,  1847. 


^u  <&v%iumtt 

Making  appropriations  from  the  income  of  the  Girard  Estate, 
for  the  year  1848,  for  the  purposes  therein  mentioned. 

[Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  sum  of  Thirty  Thousand  Five 


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Repealed  by  Hundred  Dollars  be  appropriated  to  the  said  Commissioners  out 
Ordinance      of 
Jan.  20,  1848,   of  the  aforesaid  income,  for  the  use  of  the  Girard  College  for 

errors  in  appro-  Orphans  for  the  year  1848:  the  said  appropriation  being  made 

priations.  t0  mee^  tfoe  expense  of  the  following,  viz :  for 

Salaries, 810,975  00 

Subsistence*    -----..     10,300  00 

Clothing, a,000  00 

Books,  Stationery  and  Printing,.  -         -         .       2,700  00 

Furniture,        ---.-.. 

Fuel, 1,500  00 

Incidentals,      -  3,525  00 


§30,500  00 


Passed  January  6,  1848.] 


flta  ©tfJtnauce 

Making  appropriatiwis  from  the  Income  of  the  Girard  Estate 
for  the  year  1848)t/or  the  purposes  therein  mentioned. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  five  hun- 

830,500  ap-  dred  dollars  be  appropriated  to  the  said  Commissioners  out  of 

the^us^f  t\T  ^e  a^oresa^  income  for  the  use  of  Girard  College  for  Orphans, 

College  for  the  for  the  year  1848,  the  said  appropriation  being  made  to  meet 
year  1848.  >  '     -        .         *?     V 

the  expense  of  the  following,  viz :  for 


Salaries,        - 

Subsistence,  - 

Clothing,        - 

Books,  Stationery  and  Printing, 

Furniture,      - 

Fuel, 


$  8,000  00 
10,500  00 
3,000  00 
2,500  00 
1,500  00 
1,500  00 


Incidentals, 3,500  00 


$30,500  00 


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Section  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  the  Ordinance  entitled  "  An  Ordi-       Ordinance  of 

nance  making  appropriations  from  the  income  of  the  Girard  Jan-  6tni  1848> 

repealed. 
Estate  for  the  year  1848,  for  the  purposes  therein  mentioned," 

passed  January  6,  1848,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 
Passed  January  20,  1848. 


To  an  ordinance  entitled  "  An  Ordinance  for  auditing  and 
controlling  the  expenditures  of  the  City"  passed  October  1, 
1835. 

Section.  1.  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens  of 
Philadelphia,  in    Select   and   Common   Councils  assembled, 
That  so  much  of  the  first  section  of  the  Ordinance  to  which    Building  Com- 
this  is   a  supplement,  as  provides  for  the  appointment  of  the  m*ttee  abolish- 
Building  Committee  of  the  Girard  College,  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  repealed. 

Passed  March  30,  1848. 


®u  0vtsinnntt 

Making  an  appropriation  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
the  Girard  Estates,  for  the  use  of  the  Girard  College  for 
Orphans, 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens  of 
Philadelphia,  in    Select   and   Common    Councils   assembled, 
That  the  Treasurer  of  the  Girard  Fund  be,  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  transfer  the  sum  of  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  pr0priated    for 
seventy-eight  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents,  the  amount  of  un-   S^g8!  £ f  Jte 
expended  appropriations  heretofore  made  to  the  Building  Com-  year  1848. 
mittee  of  the  Girard  College,  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners 
of  the  Girard  Estates  for  the  use  of  the  Girard  College  for 
Orphans,  to  be  appropriated  to  the  Item  "  Furniture." 

Passed  March  30,  1848. 


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Making  an  Appropriation  for  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans. 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens  of 

Philadelphia,  in  Select  and   Common    Councils  assembled, 

..mk  n™  That  the  sum  of  Fifteen  Thousand  Dollars,  out  of  the  income 
SI  5, 000  appro- 
priated for  the  from  the  residuary  portion  of  the  Girard  Estate,  be,  and  the 
use  of  the  Col-  .  .        ,  ,        „,  .     .  e  '  , 
lege  for  the  year  same   is   hereby    appropriated   to    the   Commissioners  ot    the 

1848,  Girard  Estate  for  the  use  of  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans, 

for  the  year  1848,  for  the  following  purposes,  to  wit :  for 

Salaries, %    750  00 

Subsistence, "  3,000  00 

Clothing, 2,000  00 

Furniture, -         -       6,750  00 

Books,  Stationery  and  Printing,  -         -         -  500  00 

Fuel, 500  00 

Incidentals, 1,500  00 


$15,000  00 


Passed  July  6,  1848. 


Relating  to  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans. 


Committee 
Visitation. 


of 


Section  1 .  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens  of 
Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled, 
be  a  Standing  That  the  members  of  the  Select  and  Common  Councils  shall 
constitute  a  Standing  Committee  of  Visitation  of  the  Girard 
College  for  Orphans  ;  and  the  Presidents  of  each  Council  shall, 
immediately  after  the  passing  of  this  bill,  and  annually  here- 
after, on  the  organization  of  Councils,  divide  the  members 
of  their  respective  Councils  into  four  sub-committees  of  eight 
members  each  ;  four  of  whom  shall  be  of  the  Select,  and  four 
of  the  Common  Council,  who  shall  serve  for  two  months  in  the 
order  in  which  they  are  constituted  as  aforesaid. 


Sub-Commit- 
tees. 


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Section  2.  And  be  it  farther  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  sub-       To  visit  the 
*    J  J  College  at  least 

committees  to   visit  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans  at  least  once  a  month. 

once  in  each  month,  and  examine  the  condition  thereof,  and 

report  the  same  to  the  Standing  Committee  of  Visitation,  or  to 

Councils,  at  their  discretion,  at  such  times  as  they  shall  deem 

expedient. 

Passed  November  9,  1848. 


Making  an  Appropriation  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
the  Girard  Estates  for  the  Girard  College,  and  for  other 
purposes. 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens  of 

Philadelphia,  in    Select   and   Common   Councils   assembled, 

That  the  sum  of  forty-seven  thousand  six  hundred  dollars,  out      347000  an- 

of  the  income  from  the  residuary  portion  of  the  Girard  Estate,   propriated    for 

the  use  of  the 
for  the  year  1849,  be  appropriated  to  the  Board  of  Commis-   College  for  the 

sioners  of  the  Girard  Estates  for  the  use  of  the  Girard  College  year  l849* 

for  Orphans,  for  the  year  1849  ;  the  said  appropriation  being 

made  to  meet  the  following  expenses,  viz : 

1.  For  the  expenses  of  the  Household    Committee   of  the     Appropriat 

Board  of  Directors  of  the  Girard  College,  for  the  following 

items,  viz : 

Clothing, 87,000 

Subsistence, 15,000 

Fuel, 2,000 

Wages, 6,000 

Salaries — Steward, 800 

5  Governesses,  ....  1,000 

2  Prefects,         .....     800 

2  Physicians,  ....     400 


ion 
for  Household. 


—    3,000 

Improvement  of  Grounds, 1,500 

Repairs  and  Incidentals,        .....         1,000 


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Appropria- 
tion for  Instruc- 
tion. 


Appropria- 
tion for  Library 


Appropria- 
tion for  Com- 
mittee on  Ac- 
counts. 


Appropriation 
for  Committee 
on  Admission. 


Election  of  two 
Prefects  autho- 
rized. 


Estimates  to 
be  presented  to 
Councils  in  De- 
cember of  each 
year. 


2.  For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Instruction,  for  the 
following  items,  viz : 

Salary  of  President, $3,000 

Matron, 700 

2  Principal  Teachers,      ....  1,000 

2  First  Assistants,           ....  700 

2  Second  Assistants,       -  500 

Books  and  Stationery, 1,000 

Instruction  in  French,  Spanish,  Philosophy,  Physio- 
logy, &c,       2,100 

Furniture,  Apparatus,  and  Incidentals,  -         -         -  1,000 

3.  For  the   expenses   of  the  Committee  on   the 
Library,     -  500 

4.  For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Accounts,  for  the 
following  items,  viz : 

Salary  of  Secretary  and  Clerk,         -  $600 

Messenger, 120 

Printing, 680 

5.  For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Admission,     $200 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  said  Board  of  Directors  be  au- 
thorized to  elect  not  exceeding  two  Prefects,  at  a  salary  not 
exceeding  four  hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  and  they  shall,  at 
the  first  stated  meeting  of  Councils  in  the  month  of  December, 
in  every  year  hereafter,  present  to  Councils  estimates  of  the 
sums  of  money  required  for  the  expenses  of  the  said  College, 
for  the  following  year,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of  January, 
under  the  following  heads,  viz. : — For  the  expenses  of  the 
Household  Committee,  Committee  on  Instruction,  Committee  on 
the  Library,  Committee  on  Accounts,  and  Committee  on  Ad- 
mission, specifying  the  items  of  such  expenses. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  so  much  of  any  ordinance  as  is  in- 
consistent herewith,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


Passed  December  21,  1848. 


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To  an  Ordinance  entitled  "  An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the 
organization  and  management  of  the  Girard  College  for 
Orphans"  passed  the  21th  of  May,  1847. 

Section  1.     Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  citizens 

of  Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled, 

That  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the    Girard  College  for  Or-    Recording  Se- 
cretary   autho- 
phans,  shall  at  their  first  stated  meeting  in  January,   1849,  rized. 

elect  a  Recording  Secretary  of  the  Girard  College,  who  shall 
be  removable  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Board. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  the  said  Recording  Secretary  shall  Duties  of  Re- 
attend  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  and  of  such  ™r£ng  Secre" 
Committees  thereof,  as  they  shall  deem  necessary,  and  keep 
regular  minutes  of  the  proceedings  and  transactions  of  the 
same ;  he  shall  record  the  monthly  reports,  which  are  required 
by  the  Board  of  Directors  to  be  made  to  them  by  the  President, 
Matron,  Teachers,  Physicians,  Steward,  and  other  officers  of 
the  College,  as  well  those  heretofore  as  those  which  shall  be 
made  hereafter;  and  he  shall  keep  the  books  and  accounts  of 
the  College.  It  shall  also  be  his  duty,  if  required,  to  attend 
the  meetings  of  the  Committee  of  Visitation  of  the  Girard  Col- 
lege, and  the  Sub-Committees  thereof,  and  do  and  perform 
such  service  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  said  Committees; 
and  he  shall,  whenever  required  by  the  Board  of  Directors 
aforesaid,  attend  daily  at  the  office  of  the  Commissioners  of 
Girard  Estates,  between  the  hours  of  9  and  12,  for  the  purpose 
of  giving  information  respecting  the  business  of  the  College,  to 
such  persons  who  may  require  it,  as  are  entitled  thereto. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

.  Books   and 

authority  aforesaid,  That  the  minutes,  so  as  above  provided   Accounts  to  be 

for,  the  said  monthly  reports,  accounts  and  books  of  accounts,  ^p"^^     0f 

shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  Committees  of  Visitation.   Councils. 

Section  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  the  salary  of  the  said  Recording  Se-      Altered,  vide 

cretary  shall  be  Six  Hundred  Dollars  per  annum,  payable  in 

4 


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the  same  manner  as  salaries  of  officers  of  the  Girard  Colleg? 

are  now  provided  for. 

Section  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  so  much  of  the  Ordinance  to  which 
this  is  a  supplement,  as  is  inconsistent  herewith,  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Passed  December  21,  1848. 


Making  Appropriations  from  the  Girard  Estate,  for  the  year 
1849,^0/*  the  purposes  therein  mentioned. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

Appropriation  authority  aforesaid,    That  the  sum  of  nine   thousand    seven 
for  the   use   of  J 

the  College  to   hundred  and  forty-nine  dollars  and  nine  cents  be  appropriated 

ing  bills  of  1848  *°  tne  said  Board  of  Commissioners  out  of  the  income  from 
the  residuary  portion  of  said  estate  for  the  year  1849,  for  the 
use  of  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans,  for  the  payment  of  out- 
standing bills  for  the  year  1848. 

Passed  February  1,  1849. 


Malting  an  appropriation  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
the  Girard  Estates,  for  the  use  of  the  Directors  of  the  Girard 
College  for  Orphans. 

Section  1.     Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens 
A    rooriation  °f  Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled^ 
to  rebuild   the  That  when  the  sum  of  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  forty- 
nine  dollars  and  twenty  cents  shall  have  been  paid  to  the  Trea- 
surer of  the  Girard  Fund  by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Districts 


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of  Spring  Garden  and  Northern  Liberties,  the  same  shall  be 
appropriated  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Girard 
Estates,  for  the  use  of  the  Directors  of  the  Girard  College,  to 
enable  them  to  repair  the  injury  done  to  the  wall  surrounding 
the  said  College  by  the  breaking  of  the  embankment  of  the 
reservoir  of  the  Spring  Garden  and  Northern  Liberties  Water 
Works. 


Passed  April  26,  1849. 


nn  ©vtrurance 

To  provide  for  the  care  of  Property  belonging  to,  or  acquired 
by,  Orphans  admitted  into  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans. 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens  of 
Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled, 
That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Directors  of  Girard  College     .    Directors  of 

J  °      the  College    to 

for  Orphans,  whenever  any  orphan  admitted  into  said  College   give    inf.»rma- 

,     ,,    ,  •  i    i  rr-  i  t  l'on    when   or- 

snall  become  entitled  to   any  effects   or  property,  by  gilt  or   pnans    become 

otherwise,  to  give  information  thereof  to  the  Board  of  Commis-   entltle(1  t0  Pr°- 
'        °  perty. 

sioners  of  the  Girard  Estates. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,    That    the  said  Board  of  Commissioners   Commissioners 

of    the    Girard 

shall  demand  and  receive  the  said  effects  and  property  fiom   Estate  to  take 

•  .,  c  j  •  .  charge    of   the 

any  person   having  possession   thereof,   and   give  acquittance   sam<? 

therefor,  and  shall  take  charge  of,  manage,  and  make  the  same 
as  productive  as  possible,  by  investing  in  City  Loan,  County 
Loan,  the  Loan  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  or  the  Loan  of 
the  United  States;  and  exercise  such  power  and  authority  over 
the  said  effects  and  property  as  Guardians  are  by  law  authorized 
to  exercise:  and  shall  deliver  and  pay  over  the  same,  with  the 
increase,  to  the  said  orphan  on  his  attaining  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  or  to  his  legal  representatives,  if  he  shall  die  before 
attaining  that  age. 


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Section  3.  And  be  it  farther  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

To  keep  and   authority  aforesaid,    That  the  said  Board  of  Commissioners 

file  accounts  of  . 

the  same.  shall  cause  an  account  to  he  opened  with  each  orphan  as  afore- 

said, in  a  book  to  be  provided  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  cause 
such  accounts  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Or- 
phans' Court,  of  the  management  of  such  property  under  their 
care,  as  are  by  law  required  to  be  rendered  and  filed  by  Guar- 
dians of  minors. 

Passed  September  13,  1849. 


To  authorize  the  Directors  of  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans 
to  erect  and  construct  the  building  and  works  therein  men' 
tioned,  and  making  an  appropriation  to  the  Board  of  Com- 
missioners of  the  Girard  Estates  to  pay  the  expense  thereof. 

Section  1.     Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens 

of  Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled. 

Directors  au-  That  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans 
thonzed  to  erect  °  * 

new  building,      be,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  construct,  by  contract,  in 

such  part  of  the  College  grounds  best  suited  therefor,  a  proper 
building  and  works  for  supplying  the  said  College  with  water, 
and  for  purposes  connected  with  the  economy  of  the  establish- 
ment and  the  instruction  of  the  pupils :  Provided,  That  the 
location  of  the  same,  the  plan  of  the  buildings  and  works,  and 
the  contracts  for  the  construction  thereof  shall  be  first  approved 
by  the  Commissioners  of  the  Girard  Estates. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars 

$15,000  appro-  . 

priated  to  con-  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  to  the  Board  of  Com- 
missioners of  the  Girard  Estates  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
into  effect  this  Ordinance :  of  which  amount  the  sum  of  three 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars  shall  be  taken  from  the  unex- 
pended balance  of  the  appropriation  made  for  the  use  of  the 


struct  the 


same. 


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Girard  College  for  the  year  1849;  and  the  sum  of  eleven 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars  from  the  income  of  the  residuary 
portion  of  the  Girard  Estates  for  the  said  year  ;  and  said  appro- 
priation shall  be  paid  in  the  manner  that  appropriations  for  the 
use  of  the  Girard  College  are  directed  to  be  paid  by  existing 
ordinances. 

Passed  December  20,  1849. 


&u  ©trtrtnawce 

To  authorize  the  Directors  of  the  Girard  College  to  organise  the 
principal  department  of  instruction  in  said  College  ;  to  pro- 
vide for  the  appointment  of  certain  officers  ;  and  to  make  an 
appropriation  for  the  use  of  said  College  for  the  year  1850. 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens 
of  Philadelphia ,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled, 
That  the  Directors  of  the  Girard  College  be,  and  they  are  here-  parl",entPau-  &~ 
by  authorized  to  organise  the  principal  department  of  instruc-  thorized. 
tion  in  said  College,  and  that  hereafter  the  Instructors  and 
Teachers  therein,  and  in  the  Primary  Department,  shall  be  as 
follows :  An  Instructor  in  the  French  and  Spanish  languages, 
at  a  salary  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum  ;  an 
Instructor  in  Natural  History  and  Physiology,  at  a  salary  not 
exceeding  four  hundred  dollars  per  annum  ;  an  Instructor  in 
Drawing,  at  a  salary  not  exceeding  four  hundred  dollars  per 
annum  ;  an  Instructor  in  English  and  Mathematics,  at  a  salary 
not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  two  principal 
teachers,  at  a  salary  not  exceeding,  five  hundred  dollars  per 
annum  each ;  two  first  assistant  teachers,  at  a  salary  not  ex-  Instructors  and 
ceeding  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum  each  ;  three 
second  assistant  teachers,  at  a  salary  not  exceeding  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  per  annum  each.  Said  Instructors  and 
Teachers  to  be  elected  by  said  Directors  from  time  to  time,  as 
they  may  deem  the  same  necessary,  and  said  Directors  shall 


Teachers  to  be 

employed. 


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make  such  a  distribution  of  duties  and  position  among  them  for 

the  two  departments,  as  they  may  deem  expedient  or  proper. 

A  tho't  <t     *^nc*  l^ey  mav>  t0  tne  extent  which  any  special  appropriation 

give  additional  therefor  will  permit,  cause  such  additional  instruction  to  be  given 
instruction.  _  ...  .  ..... 

lrom  time  to  time  in  the  two  departments,  as  in  their  judgment 

will  be  beneficial. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
A  th   't        authority  aforesaid^  That  the  said  Directors  of  the  College  be, 
elect  assistant  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  elect  an  Assistant  Matron, 
Dentist.  at  a  salary  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum  ;  a  Den- 

tist, at  a  salary  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars  per  annu  m ;  and 
two  additional  Prefects,  at  a  salary  not  exceeding  four  hundred 
dollars  per  annum  ;  and  so  to  place,  regulate  and  determine  the 
position  and  duties  of  the  said  Assistant  Matron  and  Dentist, 
and  of  all  the  Governesses  and  Prefects,  as  in  their  judgment 
the  interests  of  the  Institution  may  require ;  and  that  the  sala- 
ries of  the  Governesses  shall  be  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
per  annum  from  and  after  the  1st  of  January,  1850. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

100  additional  authoritt/  aforesaid.  That  the  said  Directors  are  hereby  autho- 
pupils  to  be  ad-  J  J 

mined.  rized  to  admit  into  the  said  College  such  an  additional  number 

of  orphans,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  in  the  whole,  as  the 
appropriations  herein  made  will  warrant,  and  at  such  times  as 
the  proper  arrangement  can  be  made  for  their  reception. 

Section  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

$67/250  appro-  authority  aforesaid,  That  the  sum  of  sixty-seven  thousand  two 
priatt'd  for   the  ,  .  . 

^ear  1850.  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated 

out  of  the  income  of  the  residuary  portion  of  the  Girard  Estates 

for  the  year  1850,  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Girard 

Estates  for  the  use  of  Girard  College  for  the  year  1850,  the  said 

appropriation  being  made  to  meet  the  following  expenses,  viz : 

For  the  expenses  of  the  Household  Committee  of  the  Board 

Appropriation  of  Directors  of  the  Girard  College,  for  the  following  items : 
for  household. 

For  Clothing, .  %  9,500  00 

For  Subsistence, 20,000  00 

For  Fuel, 3,000  00 

For  Wages, 8,200  00 


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For  Housekeepers  for  the  care  and  cleansing  of  the 

College  build'ng,      .  m  • 
For  repairs  and  incidentals,         .    •      . 
For  improvement  of  the  grounds, . 
For  furniture,  beds,  bedding,  bedsteads,  and  kitchen 

utensils,  &c,  for  furnishing  the  out  building 

east  of  the  College,     . 
For  Salary  of  Matron, 
For  Salary  of  Steward, 
For  Salary  of  Assistant  Matron, 
For  Salary  of  five  Governesses, 
For  Salary  of  four  Prefects, 
For  Salary  of  two  Physicians,     . 
For  Salary  of  one  Dentist, 


$300 
1,000 
1,500 


5,000 
700 
800 
500 


400 
200 


For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Instruction,  for 
following  items : 

Salary  of  President, $3,000 

Instructor  in  French  and  Spanish,        .         .         .  1,000 

Instructor  in  Natural  History,  &c.,      .         .         .  400 

Instructor  in  Drawing, 400 

Instructor  in  English  and  Mathematics,         .         .  1,000 

Two  Principal  Teachers, 1,000 

Two  First  Assistant  Teachers,    ....  700 

Three  Second  Assistant  Teachers,        .         .         .  750 
Lectures  and  instruction  in  such  additional  courses 

as  may  be  deemed  proper  by  the  Directors,  .  750 

School  Furniture  and  Apparatus,          .         .         .  1,000 

Books  and  Stationery,         .......  1,000 

For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  the  Library 
for  books  and  apparatus,  and  incidental  ex- 
penses,         700  00 


00 
00 
00 


00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 

the 

00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 

00 
00 
00 


Appropriation 
for  instruction. 


Appropriation 
for  Library. 


For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Accounts  for  the  fol- 
lowing items: 


Salary  of  Recording  Secretary, 
Salary  of  Messenger, . 
Printing,  Stationery,  &c,   . 


Appropriation 
to  Committee 
$600  00    on  Accounts. 

120  00 

680  00 


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Appropriation       For  tne  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Admission  and  Dis- 

to   Committee     charge 

on  Admission 

and  Discharge.   Fees  to  Guardians  of  the  Poor,  Printing,  &c,       .         200  00 

Section  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 
authority  aforesaid,  That  so  much  of  any  Ordinance  as  is  here- 
by altered,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Passed  January  10,  1850. 


Relating  to  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans. 

t  Section  1 .    Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens 

of   'Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled, 

cording  Srcre-  ^iat  ,he  Salary  of  the  Recording  Secretary  and  Librarian  of 

taryajIllnH''ra-  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans,  shall  be  one  thousand  dollars 

nan  SI, 010  [,et  °        ,  ' 

annum.  per  annum,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of  July,  1850,  and  paya- 

ble quarterly  ;  and  that  so  much  of  any  ordinance  as  is  hereby 
altered  or  supplied,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 
Passed  April  25,  1850. 


an  ©rirtnawce 

Making  an  appropriation  to  fit  up  the  neio  Building  erected 
at  the  Girard  College. 

Section  1.    Be  it  ordained  and  e?iacted  by  the  Citizens 

of  Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled, 

$6,450  appro-   That  the  sum  of  six  thousand  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars, 

pnated  to  tit  up  out  of  the  income  from   the   residuary  portion  of  the  Girard 

and  furnish  the  J     r 

new  building.  Estate  for  the  year  1851,  be  appropriated  to  the  Board  of  Com- 
missioners of  the  Girard  Estates  for  the  use  of  the  Girard  Col- 
lege for  Orphans,  to  enable  the  Directors  of  the  said  College  to 
fit  up  and  furnish  the  new  building,  erected  in  pursuance  of  an 
ordinance  passed  December  20,  1849:  the  said  appropriation 
being  made  to  meet  the  following  expenses  : 


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Apparatus  for  warming  the  building,  and  for  wash 
ing  and  drying  by  steam,  with  water  closets 
pipes,  attachments,  &c,       .         .         .  * 

Needful  additions  and  alterations  in  the  construe 
tion  of  the  building,     .... 

Bakery,  bathing  pool  and  fixtures, 

Two  extra  iron  tanks  for  reservoir,  and  fixtures  for 
washing  room  and  laundry, 

Fitting  up  workshops  for  pupils,  store  rooms,  &c. 
and  flagging  the  entry  and  cellar, 

Paving,  grading,  wire  fenders  for  windows,  and  mak- 
ing connection  with  culvert,    . 


$2,500  00 

1,200  00 
1,000  00 

760  00 

490  00 

.      500  00 
$6,450  00 


Provided,  That  the  contracts  for  the  apparatus  for  warming,  Contracts  to 
washing,  and  drying,  be  first  approved  of  by  the  Commissioners  Commissioners 
of  the  Girard  Estates.  of  the   Girard 


Estates. 


Passed  September  26th,  1850. 


an  ©rirtnana 

To  authorize  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Girard 
Estates  to  introduce  gas  into  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans, 
and  to  make  an  appropriation  therefor. 

Section  1.     Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens 

of  Philadelphia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled, 

That  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Girard  Estates  be,  and    Commissioners 

authorized    to 
they  are  hereby  authorized  to  introduce  gas  pipes  and  fixtures    introduce  gas 

into  the  Girard  College  for  Orphans  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  ieae. 
the  same  with  gas  ;  and  the  sum  of  three  thousand  six  hundred 
dollars  from  the  income  of  the  residuary  portion  of  the  Girard 
Estates  for  the  year  1851,  is  hereby  appropriated  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

Passed  November  21,  1850. 
5 


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To  authorize  the  Directors  of  the  Girard  College  to  appoint  an 
Assistant  Teacher  in  the  princijml  Department  of  Instruc- 
tion in  said  College  ;  in  relation  to  the  salary  and  duties  of 
the  Instructor  in  Draiving;  and  to  make  an  appropriation 
for  the  use  of  said  College  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and 
ffty-one. 

Section  1.     Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Citizens 

of  Philadetyhia,  in  Select  and  Common  Councils  assembled, 

jWis-  That  the  Directors  of  the  Girard  College  be,   and   they   are 
tant  Teacher  in    .        .  .  *         -  *  .  mi-  i 

Principal    De-   hereby  authorized  to  elect  an  Assistant  leacher  in  the  principal 

medientaUth0"  Department  of  Instruction  in  said  College,  whose  salary  shall 
be  six  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  who  shall  be  provided 
with  board  in  said  College. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

Q  authority  aforesaid,  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  January, 

of  Instructor  of  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-one,  the  salary  of  the  Instructor  in 

I.)  raw  in  <>•,    &c. 

to  he  $1,003  per   Drawing  shall  be  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  and  shall  be 
annum.  provided  with  a  residence  in  the  College  building;  and  he  shall, 

in  addition  to  his  present  duties,  give  instruction  in  writing  and 

book-keeping. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  tlie 

$62,900  appro  aui}writy  aforesaid.  That  the  sum  of  sixty-two  thousand  nine 

priatpd   for  the  y  J 

year  1851.  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of 

the  income  of  the  residuary  portion  of  the  Girard  Estates,  for 
the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-one,  to  the  Board  of  Com- 
missioners of  the  Girard  Estates,  for  the  use  of  the  Girard 
College  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-one  ;  the  said 
appropriation  being  made  to  meet  the  following  expenses,  viz : 

1.  For  the  expenses  of  the   Household    Committee  of  the 
for  household.     Board  of  Directors  of  the  Girard   College,  for  the  following 
items : 
For  Subsistence,         .         .         .       '  .         .         .  $20,000  00 

For  Clothing, 10,500  00 

For  Salary  of  Matron, 700  00 

For  Salary  of  Assistant  Matron,  .         .         .         500   00 


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For  Salary  of  Steward, 

For  Salary  of  five  Governesses, 

For  Salary  of  two  Prefects, 

For  Salary  of  two  Physicians, 

For  Salary  of  Dentist, 

For  Wages,       . 

For  Furniture,  . 

For  Repairs  and  Incidentals, 

For  Improvement  of  Grounds, 

For  Fuel,  .         . 

For  Gas,  .... 

For  expense  of  steam  boiler,  &c,  for  kitchen 


8  800  00 

1,250  00 

800  00 

400  00 

200  00 

8,000  00 

500  00 

1,000  00 

500  00 

3,000  00 

1,200  00 

530  00 


2.  For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Instruction,  for  the 
following  items : 

For  Salary  of  President, 83,000  00 

For  Salary  of  Instructor  of  English  and  Mathema- 
tics,   1,000  00 

For  Salary  of  Instructor  of  French  and  Spanish,  .      1,000  00 
For  Salary  of  Instructor  of  Drawing,  Writing  and 

Bookkeeping, 1,000  00 

For  Salary  of  Assistant  Teacher  in  the  Principal 

Department, 600  00 

For  Salary  of  two  Principal  Teachers  in  the  Prima- 
ry Department, 1,000  00 

For  Salary  of  two  first  Assistant  Teachers  in  the 

Primary  Department,  .....  700  00 
For  Salary  of  three  second  Assistant  Teachers  in 

the  Primary  Department,  .  .  .  .  750  00 
For  School  and  Philosophical  Apparatus,  „  .  500  00 
For  Lectures  and  additional  instruction,  .  .  500  00 
For  Books  and  Stationery,  .....  500  00 
For  School  Furniture, 500  00 


Appropriation 
for  Instruction. 


3.  For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  the  Library  :  .  .   . 

Appropriation 
For  Books,  . $500   00    for  Library. 

4.  For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Accounts,  for  the     Appropriation 

following  items  :  for    Committee 

on  Accounts. 


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For  Salary  of  the  Recording  Secretary  and  Libra- 
rian, and  the  Messenger,      .  $1,120  00 

For  Printing,  Newspapers,  Advertising  and  Sta- 
tionery,               300  00 

Appropriation       5.  For  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  on  Admission  and 

to     Committee    -p..     , 

on    Admission   discharge: 
and  Discharge. 

Fees  to  the  Guardians  of  the  Poor,  Stationery,  &c,  ,       50  00 

Section  4.    And  be  it  further  ordained  and  enacted  by  the 

authority  aforesaid,  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  Board  of 

Directors  not  to  Directors  to  exceed  in  expenditure,  or  to  make  or  authorize  any 

exceed     appro- 

priations.  contract,  or  in  any  way  bind  the  Corporation  for  the  payment 

of  any  sum  or  sums  of  money,  other  than  such  as  are  hereby 
appropriated  for  the  expenses  of  the  College ;  nor  shall  it  be  law- 
ful for  the  said  Board  to  transfer  any  part  of  the  herein  appro- 
priations from  one  Committee  of  said  Board  to  another,  without 
the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Girard  Estates. 

Passed  January  2,  1851. 


BY-LAWS 


OF   THE 


BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

ADOPTED  APRIL  1,  1851. 


1.  The  stated  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the      0i  .  , 

°  Stated  meet- 

Girard  College  for  Orphans  shall  be  held  on  the  second  Wed-   ings,  when  and 
nesday  of  each  month.     The  place  and  hour  to  be  designated  held, 
by  the  Board,  to  suit  its  convenience. 

2.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  President  of  the  .  sPecial  meet- 
Board,  whenever  he  may  deem  it  necessary. 

3.  The  President,  or  in  his  absence,  the  Secretary  shall  call  Special  meet- 
a  special  meeting  whenever  required,  in  writing,  by  three  mem-  LuL°reqiiestof 
bers  of  the  Board.  three  me"^ers. 

President  of  the 

4.  The  President,  or  in  his  absence,  the  member  chosen  to  Board  to  take 

the    Chair     at 
preside,  shall  take  the  chair  at  the  appointed  time.  the    appointed 

time. 

5.  The  President  shall  appoint  all  Committees,  unless  the 

Powers  and 
Directors  determine  otherwise.     He  shall  be  the  judge  of  order  ;   Duties  of   the 

but  his  decision  on  any  question  of  order  may  be  reversed  by     resl  en  ' 

an  appeal  therefrom,   sustained    by  a    majority  of   members 

present.     The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  on  the  call  of  any 

member. 

6.  When  the  President  shall  have  taken  the  chair,  the  Secre-  r0jj  can# 
tary  of  the  Board  shall  call  the  Roll  of  Members,  and  record 

on  the  Minutes  the  names  of  those  present. 


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7.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  minutes  of  the  transactions  of 

Duties    of  the  Board.     He  shall  call  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  by  writ- 
the  Secretary.  .  .  __  •>.    . 

ten  or  printed  notices.     He  shall  furnish  the  Chairman  of  each 

Committee  with  a  copy  of  the  resolutions,  or  papers  referred  to 

it.     The  Secretary  of  the  Board  shall  also  act  as  Secretary  of 

the  Committees  whenever  his  services  shall  be  required  by  the 

respective  Chairmen. 

8.  If  a  quorum  of  members  (which  by  ordinance  is  nine) 
members""1        should  not  attend  at  the  time  appointed  for  the  meeting,  the 

members  present  may  adjourn,  the  Secretary  inserting  their 
Order  ofbusi-  names  on  the  Minutes.  If  a  quorum  should  attend,  the  order  of 
business  shall  be  as  follows: 

First.— Call  of  the  Roll. 

Second. — Reading  of  the  Minutes  of  the  last  stated  meeting, 
and  of  all  subsequent  meetings. 

Third. — Communications. 

Fourth. — Reports  of  Committees. 

Fifth. — Business  generally. 

9.  Ordinary  Parliamentar}' rules  and  usages  shall  govern  the 

amentary  rules  deliberations  of  the  Board,  in  cases  where  no  special  rules  shall 
to  govern.  ,  ..       . 

nave  application. 

10.  The   following  Standing  Committees,  to  consist  of  six 
Standing  Com- 
mittees,             members  each,  shall  be  annually  appointed  by  the  President, 

viz  :  Committee  on  Accounts,  Library  Committee,  Committee 
on  Instruction,  Committee  on  Household,  Committee  on  Admis- 
sion and  Discharge  of  Pupils,  and  Committee  on  Morals. 

Meetingsand        11.  These  Committees  shall  meet  as  often  as  they  may  deem 

fhT^StarSing  expedient,  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  their  proceedings,  which 

Committees.        shall  be  open  at  all  times  to  every  member  of  the  Board,  and 

of  the  Select  and  Common  Councils ;  and  these  Records  shall 

President  of  the  be  produced  at  each  stated  meeting  of  the  Board,  and  read 

Board  a  mem-  . 

ber  ex-officio  of  "  required, 
all       Standing 

Committees.  12.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  be  ex- 

Directors  not  officio  a  member  of  each  Standing  Committee,  and  any  mem- 
members  of  a  her  0f  the  Board  of  Directors  may  be  present  at  meetings  of 
Committee    al- 
lowed to  be  pre-  any  of  the  Committees,  but  without   participating  in  the  pro- 

tonparticipate.0t  ceedings  of  any  excepting  his  own  Committee. 


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13.  The  Committee  on  Accounts  shall  audit  all  accounts  of  n  ..        ,  ., 

Duties    of    the 

the  various  Committees,  and  of  the  different  officers  of  the  Col-   Committee   on 
lege,  and  shall  certify  all  bills  to  the  Board  of  Directors  ;  if 
approved    by  the    Board,  a  statement  of  the  same    shall    be 
signed  by  the  President  of  the  Board,  and  shall  be  presented 
to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Girard  Estates  for  payment. 

14.  The  Library  Committee  shall  have  charge  of  the   Li- 

Duties  of  the 
brary  of  the  College  and  of  the  apparatus,  and  shall  make  all   Library    Coin- 
purchases  of  books  and  apparatus  for  the  Library  and  lectures 
ordered  by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

15. — The  Committee  on  Instruction  shall  report  to  the  Board 

r    T-,.  ,  r     ..  ,  Duties  of  the 

of  Directors  on  the  competency  of  all  persons  whose  names  Committee  on 
shall  have  been  presented  to  the  Board  or  to  the  Committee  as  Instructlon- 
candidates  for  the  situation  of  Instructors  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  education  ;  and  they  shall  also  report  on  all  salaries 
connected  therewith,  and  shall  also  purchase  all  class  books 
and  stationery  for  the  pupils  ordered  by  the  Board  of  Directors. 
This  Committee  shall  carefully  watch  over  the  mental  culture 
of  the  orphans,  supervise  the  course  of  instruction,  inspect  the 
order  and  discipline  of  the  schools,  and  report  to  the  Board  any 
proposed  modifications  of  the  plan  of  instruction,  in  reference 
to  which,  the  opinion  of  the  President  of  the  College  shall  be 
communicated  to  the  Board  in  writing  before  the  same  shall  be 
acted  on  by  the  Board.  They  shall  report  to  the  Board  of 
Directors  every  impropriety  of  conduct  or  deficiency  in  the 
persons  under  their  especial  notice,  which  they  may  be  unable 
to  correct  by  admonition.  And  they  may,  for  just  cause,  sus- 
pend from  duties  any  teacher,  until  the  action  of  the  Board  can 
be  had  upon  the  complaint,  upon  which  suspension  may  be 
founded. 

16.  The  Committee  on  the  Household  shall  have  the  general      ^    . 

&  Duties  of  the 

supervision  of  the  domestic  arrangements  of  the  College  build-  Committee  on 
ings  and  grounds,  so  as  to  promote  cleanliness,  comfort,  health 
and  economy  therein,  having  especial  care  of  the  physical  de- 
velopments of  the  orphans.  They  shall  direct  all  needful  re- 
pairs of  buildings  and  furniture.  All  purchases  of  supplies  for 
the  use  of  the  household,  furniture,  food,  fuel  and  clothing, 
shall  be  made  with  their  sanction,  provided  they  do  not  exceed 


Household. 


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for  these  purposes  the  appropriation  made  from  time  to  time  by 
the  Board  of  Directors.     The  Committee  shall  report  to  the 
Board  of  Directors  on   the  competency  of  all  persons  whose 
names  shall  have  been  presented  to  the  Board,  as  persons  to  be 
employed  on  the  College  premises,  excepting  the  President,  Ma- 
tron, Professors,  Teachers,  Prefects  and    Governesses.     They 
shall  have  the  general  supervision  of  the  labors  and  conduct  of 
the  other  persons  employed  about  the  grounds  or  in  the  house- 
hold, and  may  suspend  any  of  them  from  duty,  until  the  action 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  can  be  had  upon  the  complaint  on 
which  the  suspension  is  founded. 
Duties  of  the        *7'  The  Committee  on  Admission  and  Discharge  shall  ex- 
Committee   on   amine  aU   appiications  made  at  the  office,  No.  9  South  Fifth 
Admission  and  rr 

Discharge.  street,  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month,  for  the  admission  of 

orphans,  and  report  to  the  Board  of  Directors  upon  the  physical, 

legal  and  moral  qualifications  of  the  candidates  for  admission, 

in  the  order  in  which  they  shall   have  been   received.     And  if 

the  Board  of  Directors  grant  the  application,  the  Committee 

shall  receive  the  orphan  under  Indenture,  and  place  him  in  the 

College  for  support  and  instruction ;  causing  a  statement  of  his 

qualifications,  relations,  and  other  circumstances  to  be  entered 

upon  the  hooks  of  the  College,  agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  the 

Will  of  Stephen  Girard,  and  to  any  act  of  Assembly.     They 

shall  attend  to  the  discharge,  removal,  and  indenturing  of  all 

pupils  whose  term  of  instruction  shall  expire,  or  who   from 

other  causes  may  cease  to  be  connected  with  the  College. 

_.  ^      .  ,  18.  The  Committee  on  Morals  shall  have  supervision  of  the 

Duties  of  the  r 

Committee  on  moral  influence  of  each  individual  connected  with  the  College. 
They  shall  watch  over  the  moral  development  of  the  orphans, 
discouraging  everything  likely  to  be  injurious,  and  promoting 
that  which  they  think  of  a  tendency  favorable  to  implanting  the 
purest  principles  of  morality  in  the  youthful  mind,  and  render- 
ing it  practical,  so  that  the  orphans  may,  from  inclination  and 
habit,  evince  benevolence  towards  their  fellow- creatures,  and  a 
love  of  truth,  sobriety  and  industry.  They  shall  watch  over 
the  extent  and  influence  of  the  administration  of  discipline,  con- 
ferring with  the  President,  Matron  and  others,  as  to  the  best 
system  of  rewards  and   punishments,  so  as   to   present  the 


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strongest  incentives  to  virtue,  and  the  most  effective  restraint 
from  vice,  reporting  to  the  Board  the  case  of  each  boy  who  may 
from  mal-conduct  have  become  an  unfit  companion  for  the  other 
orphans.  They  are  to  aid  the  President  with  counsel  as  to  the 
character  and  extent  of  the  religious  instruction  of  the  College. 
The  Committee  on  Morals  shall  report  to  the  Board,  on  the 
competency  of  each  applicant  for  the  office  of  Prefect  or  Go- 
verness, with  especial  reference  to  their  moral  fitness  for  the 
position. 

19.  The  Standing  Committees  shall  be  appointed  annually,   Standing  Com- 

.  r  ,  .       .  r    i       t^         i       ^  miltees  to  be  an- 

as soon  as  practicable  alter  the  organization  or  the  Board   of   pointed    annu- 

Directors.  a11^ 

20.  There  shall  be  a  Committee  on   Estimates,  to  be  com- 

,  .  .  Duties  of  the 

posed   of  the  Chairmen  of  the  several  Standing  Committees,   Committee    of 

whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  prepare  and   report  to  the  Board  of     s  Ima  es* 
Directors,  at  the  stated   meeting  in  November  of  each   year,  a 
detailed  estimate  of  the  expenses  of  the  College  for  the  next 
year,  carefully  arranged   under  the  various  heads  of  expendi- 
tures, agreeably  to  the  ordinance  of  Councils. 

21.  Amendments  to  the  By-Laws  of  the  Board,  or  Rules  for 

Amendments 
the  Government  of  the  College,  offered  at  one  stated  meeting   to  these  Rules, 

lj.ii  ••         r    i         iiT-ii  i       bow  to  be  made. 

may  be  adopted  by  a  majority  of  the  whole  Board  at  any  sub- 
sequent meeting,  provided  the  Secretary  shall  have  given  in- 
formation on  the  notices  of  members  that  "  amendments  to  the 
by-laws  or  rules  have  been  proposed." 


RULES 

FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT 

OF   THE 

GIRARD  COLLEGE  FOE  ORPHANS 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Directors,  March  18,  1851. 


SECTION  1. 
Of  the  President, 
Duties  and        *•  ^he  President  of  the  College  is  the  chief  executive  officer 
powers  of  the  Qf  tne  Institution.     All   reports  and  other  official  communica- 
tions from  every  department  and  officer  of  the  College  to  the 
Board  of  Directors,  or  to  any  committee  thereof,  shall  be  made 
through  him,  and  when  action  thereon  is  required,  his  opinion 
shall  be  expressed  in  writing. 

2.  The  President  is  directly  responsible  for  his  official  con- 
duct to  the  Board  of  Directors.  He  shall  make  report,  in  writ- 
ing, to  the  Board  at  every  stated  meeting,  transmitting  informa- 
tion of  the  condition  of  the  College,  and  calling  the  attention  of 
the  Board  to  such  matters  or  things  as  require  their  action  or 
consideration. 

3.  The  President  shall  see  that  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
the  College,  and  the  orders  and  resolutions  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  relating  to  the  administration  and  discipline  of  the 
College  are  faithfully  and  promptly  executed,  and  he  shall  re- 
port to  the  Board  all  delinquencies  in  duty,  and  violations  of  the 
rules  by  the  officers  of  the  College,  and  all  such  instances  of 
mal-conduct  on  the  part  of  any  pupil  or  pupils,  as  in  his  judg- 
ment, require  the  action  of  the  Board. 


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4.  The  President  shall  conduct  the  family  worship,  morning 
and  evening,  which  shall  consist  of  singing  a  hymn,  reading  a 
portion  of  Scripture,  and  prayer.  He  shall  also  be  responsible 
for  the  performance  of  public  religious  services  in  the  College 
on  the  forenoon  and  afternoon  of  every  Sunday.  These  ser- 
vices shall  consist  of  singing  hymns,  prayers,  reading  the  Scrip- 
tures, moral  and  religious  discourses.  The  President  is  per- 
mitted to  invite  any  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  or  other 
competent  layman,  approved  by  the  Board,  to  take  his  place  or 
assist  him  in  the  public  worship.  'Prayers  and  hymns  or 
psalms  shall  be  prepared  or  selected  by  the  President,  with  the 
approbation  of  the  Directors,  which  shall  be  framed  so  as  to 
form  a  full  and  appropriate  service,  without  sectarianism,  but 
calculated  to  awaken  or  preserve  true  devotion. 

5.  The  President  shall  hold  weekly  meetings  of  the  officers 
of  the  schools  and  household,  to  consult  together  as  to  the  best 
measures  to  promote  the  interests  of  the  institution.  He  shall 
periodically  conduct  or  direct  such  examinations  of  the  pupils 
in  the  respective  branches  of  study  to  which  they  have  been 
attending,  as  will  develop  the  progress  of  each  pupil,  and  show 
the  advantages  or  defects  of  the  system  of  studies  pursued  in 
each  department ;  he  shall  inspect,  monthly,  the  accounts  of 
the  Steward  ;  he  shall  spend  such  part  of  every  day  as  may  be 
necessary,  in  the  schools  and  dwellings,  to  give  advice,  direc- 
tion and  assistance  to  the  officers  in  charge  of  those  depart- 
ments;  he  shall  be  present  every  day,  (unless  unavoidably  en- 
gaged elsewhere,)  at  the  dinner  of  the  pupils ;  he  shall  see  that 
all  the  apartments,  offices,  outbuildings  and  grounds  of  the  Col- 
lege, are  kept  in  good  order;  he  shall  have  custody  of  the  keys 
of  the  College,  outbuildings  and  gates ;  he  shall  give  personal 
attention  to  the  food,  clothing,  manners,  recreation  and  reading 
of  the  scholars,  and  he  shall,  as  often  as  convenient,  (and  he 
may  deem  necessary,)  accompany  such  pupils  as  may  deserve 
it  to  the  manufactories,  institutions,  and  remarkable  places  in 
the  city  and  neighborhood  of  Philadelphia. 

6.  The  President  shall  have  particular  charge  over  the 
morals  of  the  pupils,  and  ascertain  by  personal  conversation 
with  them,  and  advice  to  them,  the  state  of  their  moral  and 


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mental  culture,  and  of  their  attainment  in  those  fixed  habits  of 
virtue  which  the  Will  of  Mr.  Girard  recommends,  and  their 
future  happiness  and  welfare  demand. 

7.  As  the  head  and  father  of  the  establishment,  the  President 
is  to  be  respected  and  obeyed  by  every  officer,  servant  and  pupil, 
and  he  may  call  on  any  officer  to  assist  him  in  the  discharge  of 
his  official  duties,  and  to  perform  such  extra  services  as  he  may 
deem  necessary. 

SECTION  II. 

Of  the  Matron. 

Duties  and  *•  ^ne  Matron  °f tne  College  is  the  mother  of  the  pupils  and 
powers  of  the  mistress  of  the  household.  In  the  discharge  of  her  appropriate 
duties,  she  is  responsible  to  the  President  and  to  the  Committee 
on  Household.  The  Prefects,  (when  on  duty  in  the  dwellings,) 
the  Governesses,  Nurses,  Seamstresses,  Chambermaids,  Cooks, 
Washerwomen,  and  all  other  officers  and  servants  of  the  house- 
hold, are  directly  responsible  to  her,  and  shall  take  orders  from 
her.  The  teachers  who  board  at  her  table,  are  also  responsible 
to  her  as  members  of  her  family,  but  not  as  officers  of  the 
schools. 

2.  The  Matron  shall  supervise  and  direct  the  whole  domestic 
economy  of  the  establishment ;  she  shall  watch  over  the  man- 
ners, morals  and  habits  of  the  pupils  ;  she  shall  give  personal 
attention  to  the  food,  clothing,  lodging,  cleanliness  and  health  of 
all  the  members  of  her  household  ;  she  shall  see  that  all  the 
apartments  and  offices  connected  with  the  dwellings  or  used  for 
the  purposes  of  the  household,  are  kept  clean  and  in  good  order ; 
she  shall  frequently  visit  and  inspect  the  pupils  in  their  section 
rooms  and  lavatories,  and  by  frequent  mingling  with  the  pupils 
during  the  hours  of  study  and  recreation,  she  shall  endeavor  to 
inspire  them  with  love  for  and  confidence  in  her,  so  that  all  the 
troubles  and  hopes  of  childhood  may  be  communicated  to  her 
as  they  arise,  and  may  be  the  means  of  instilling  valuable  les- 
sons and  of  forming  correct  and  virtuous  habits. 

3.  The  Matron  shall  make  report,  in  writing,  to  the  President 
of  the  College,  once  every  month,  concerning  the  department 


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committed  to  her  care,  conveying  information  in  regard  to  the 
clothing,  diet,  lodging,  exercise,  health,  manners  and  morals  of 
the  orphans,  and  suggesting  such  changes  and  improvements  as, 
in  her  judgment,  will  promote  the  good  order,  comfort  and 
economy  of  the  household. 

4.  As  the  mistress  of  the  household,  the  Matron  shall  be  re- 
spected and  obeyed  by  all  the  officers,  servants  and  pupils  of 
her  family,  and  she  may  call  on  any  of  the  officers  and  servants 
of  the  household  to  assist  her  in  any  matter  pertaining  to  her 
duties. 

SECTION  III. 
Of  the  Assistant  Matron. 

1.  The  duties  of  the  Assistant  Matron  are  similar,  within  her      Duties  of  the 
sphere,  to  those  of  the  Matron.  tron."  a 

2.  The  Assistant  Matron  is  directly  responsible  to  the  Matron, 
to  whom  she  shall  make  report,  and  from  whom  she  shall  take 
orders. 

3.  In  the  absence  or  disability  of  the  Matron,  the  Assistant 
Matron  shall  take  her  place  and  perform  her  duties. 

SECTION  IV. 

Of  the  Instructors. 

1.  The  instructors  have  charge  of  the  education  of  the  pu-      ^    . 

°  r  Duties  of  the 

pils  during  the  hours  they  are  under  their  care.  They  shall  Teachers, 
give  instruction  in  such  branches,  and  during  such  number  of 
hours  each  day,  as  the  President,  with  the  advice  and  sanction 
of  the  Committee  on  Instruction,  may  direct.  They  shall  as- 
certain by  frequent  reviews  and  examinations  the  progress  of 
every  pupil,  and  the  thoroughness  of  his  knowledge. 

2.  The  Professors  and  Principal  Teachers  are  responsible  to 
the  President  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties,  and 
for  the  order  and  discipline  of  the  pupils  in  their  respective  de- 
partments. They  shall  see  that  the  Assistant  Teachers  are 
prompt  and  vigilant.  They  shall  also  keep  a  daily  record  of 
the  conduct  and  recitations  of  every  scholar  in  their  respective 
divisions,  and  they  shall  report  in  writing  every  month  to  the 


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President,  and  oftener  if  required,  concerning  the  progress  of 
the  pupils,  and  the  condition  and  wants  of  their  respective  de- 
partments. 

3.  The  Assistant  Teachers  are  directly  responsible  to  their 
respective  Principals,  and  shall  take  orders  from  them  in  all 
matters  relating  to  their  school  duties,  and  shall  make  report  to 
them  as  often  as  required. 

SECTION  V. 
Of  the  Recording  Secretary, 

D  ..      f  ,  1.  The   Recording  Secretary  and   Librarian  of  the  College, 

Recording  Se-  shall  attend  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  and    the   Committees 
retary  and  Li- 
brarian, thereof,  as  also  the  committees  of  Visitation  from  the  Select  and 

Common  Councils  ;  and  keep  regular  minutes  of  the  proceed- 
ings and  transactions  of  the  same,  and  he  shall  communicate  in 
writing  to  the  President  of  the  College,  within  three  days  after 
the  same  shall  have  been  adopted,  all  acts  and  resolutions  of  the 
Board  and  its  committees,  relative  to  the  duties  of  the  said  Pre- 
sident, or  to  the  administration  of  the  Institution. 

2.  He  shall  also  keep  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  College, 
showing  in  detail  the  appropriations  to,  and  the  expenditures  by 
the  Institution,  under  the  respective  heads  of  furniture,  clothing, 
subsistence,  wages,  &c,  &c. 

3.  He  shall  also,  whenever  required  by  the  Committee  on  Ad- 
mission and  Discharge,  receive  and  make  out  the  applications  for 
admission  of  pupils  or  for  apprentices,  prepare  the  necessary 
papers  and  indentures,  and  perform  whatever  clerical  duties 
may  be  connected  therewith. 

4.  He  shall  at  each  stated  meeting  of  the  Board,  make  a  re- 
port of  the  unexpended  balances  to  the  credit  of  each  committee 
at  that  time  ;  and  he  shall  have  charge  of  the  books,  papers, 
and  records  of  the  Institution,  and  be  responsible  for  the  safety 
of  the  same. 

5.  As  Librarian,  he  shall  have  charge  of  the  library  and  ap- 
paratus of  the  College,  keeping  the  same  properly  catalogued 
and  arranged  for  the  use  of  such  officers  and  pupils,  and  under 
such  restrictions  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  determined  on, 
with  the  consent  of  the  President  and  the  Committee  on  Li- 
brary. 


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SECTION  VI. 

Of  the  Steward, 

1.  The  Steward  is  the  general  purveyor  and  curator  of  the      Duties  of  the 
College;  all   purchases,  when   directed  by  the  Committee  on   Steward. 
Household,  shall  be  made  by  him  or  under  his  immediate  super- 
vision ;  he  shall  be  directly  responsible  to  the  President  and 
Committee  on  Household,  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties 

of  his  office,  and  shall  submit  the  accounts  of  his  department 
for  inspection,  whenever  required  by  the  President,  the  Board 
of  Directors,  or  the  Committee  on  Household. 

2.  Pie  shall  make  report  in  writing  to  the  President  of  the 
College,  once  in  every  month,  concerning  the  state  of  the  de- 
partment committed  to  his  care,  and  he  shall  furnish  therewith 
separate  and  accurate  accounts  of  all  the  expenses  incurred  by 
him  for  the  College  during  the  month  preceding,  together  with 
the  items  thereof. 

3.  He  shall  employ  such  male  and  female  servants  as  the 
Committee  on  Household  may  authorize,  and  at  such  wages  as 
they  may  determine  upon,  and  he  shall  discharge  any  servant 
when  required  to  do  so  by  the  President  of  the  College,  or  by 
the  Matron,  so  far  as  respects  the  females  under  her  direction  ; 
reporting  all  changes  to  the  Committee  on   Household. 

4.  He  shall  see  that  the  buildings,  grounds  and  enclosures 
about  the  College,  are  kept  in  good  order  and  repair,  and  that 
the  yards  and  out-houses  are  kept  clean.  He  shall  supervise 
the  warming  of  the  College  building  and  dwellings,  take  care 
that  a  sufficient  supply  of  water  is  provided  for  the  establish- 
ment, and  that  the  tanks,  hydrants,  pipes,  and  pumps  are  kept 
in  good  repair. 

5.  He  shall  have  charge,  under  the  direction  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Household,  of  the  horses  and  carriages  belonging  to 
the  College,  and  shall  see  that  they  are  properly  attended  to. 

SECTION  VII. 

Of  the  Governesses. 

1.  The  Governesses,  under  the  direction  of  the  President  and 
,,  ,  .       .         ,  ,  ,  ., .  Duties  of  the 

Matron,  are  charged  with  the  care  of  such  of  the  children  as  Governesses. 


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from  their  age  shall  be  especially  assigned  to  them,  during  the 
hours  of  repose,  meals,  discipline,  and  preparation  for  their 
studies. 

2.  They  shall  pay  particular  attention  to  the  morals,  man- 
ners, and  habits  of  the  pupils,  as  well  as  to  the  condition  of 
their  clothing  and  cleanliness  of  their  persons.  They  shall 
attend  at  the  tables  of  the  scholars,  and  cause  them  to  be  pro- 
perly supplied  with  the  food  which  has  been  prepared  for  them. 
They  shall  make  daily  inspections  of  the  clothing  of  the  boys, 
ascertaining  whether  it  is  kept  clean  and  whole,  and  properly 
deposited  in  its  appropriate  place,  and  when  not  immediately 
engaged  in  the  discipline  of  the  College,  or  the  care  of  the 
boys,  they  shall  employ  their  time  in  the  needful  repairs  of  the 
clothing. 

3.  They  shall  make  monthly  reports  to  the  Matron,  or  oftener 
if  required,  of  the  health  and  condition  of  the  scholars  under 
their  care ;  and  they  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  conduct  of  each 
pupil  in  their  sections. 

4.  They  shall  have  special  charge  of  their  sections  in  the 
section  rooms,  dormitories,  lavatories,  refectories  and  chapel ; 
they  shall  conduct  their  sections  to  the  College  for  morning 
worship,  and  from  the  College  after  evening  worship  ;  and  they 
shall  assist  in  taking  charge  of  the  pupils  who  may  be  detained 
from  play  for  punishment. 

5.  Each  one  of  the  Governesses  shall  in  turn  take  charge 
weekly  of  the  general  order  of  the  House,  under  the  direction 
of  the  Matron. 

SECTION  VIII. 

Of  the  Prefects. 

D    .      f,  1.  The  Prefects  shall  have  the  general  charge  of  the  Orphans 

Prefects.  during  the   hours  of  recreation  and  at  recess  from  school,  and 

they  shall  have  the  special  care  of  the  sections  assigned  to  them 
at  all  other  times  when  the  pupils  are  not  engaged  with  their 
instructors,  or  with  persons  authorized  to  take  charge  of  them 
temporarily.  They  are  directly  responsible  to  the  President  at 
all  times,  and  to  the  Matron,  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  their 
duties  in  the  section  rooms,  dormitories  and  refectories. 


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2.  They  shall  instruct  and  assist  the  pupils  in  their  games 
and  other  recreations  in  the  play  apartments,  and  on  the  play 
grounds,  and  whenever  the  President  may  require  it,  they  shall 
superintend  the  labours  of  the  pupils  in  the  gardens  and  work- 
shops. They  shall  also  aid  the  pupils  of  their  sections  in  the 
preparation  of  their  lessons,  converse  with  them,  and  read  to 
them  and  hear  them  read  approved  and  instructive  books  and 
papers. 

3.  They  shall  also  keep  a  record  of  the  conduct  of  the  pupils 
under  their  charge,  and  make  a  report  weekly  to  the  President. 
They  shall  use  their  authority  to  preserve  order,  and  if  any  or- 
phan is  guilty  of  insolence,  disobedience,  truancy,  profanity,  or 
other  offences,  which  require  correction,  they  shall  report  the 
fact  immediately  to  the  President. 

SECTION  IX. 

Of  the  Physicians. 

1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  one  of  the  Physicians  to  attend  Duties  of  the 
daily  at  the  College,  or  oftener  if  required,  and  in  case  of  dan-  Physlcians- 
gerous  illness,  or  the  prevalence  of  unusual  sickness,  both  Phy- 
sicians shall  be  in  attendance.  They  shall  prescribe  for  the 
officers  and  pupils  ;  keeping  in  a  suitable  book  a  record  of  the 
nature  and  termination  of  the  diseases,  and  of  the  health  of  the 
household,  and  shall  make  a  report  thereof  to  the  President 
once  at  least  in  each  month,  at  such  time  as  he  may  direct. 
They  shall  also  examine  all  children  about  to  be  admitted  to 
the  college,  and  certify  as  to  the  present,  and  as  far  as  prac- 
ticable, the  future  health  of  each  one. 

SECTION  X. 
Of  the  Dentist. 
The  condition  of  the  teeth  of  the  pupils  shall   be  under  the      Duties  of  th 
charge  of  the  Dentist,  and  he  shall  perform  such  operations   Dentist, 
thereon  as  from  time  to  time  may  be  necessary.     For  this  pur- 
pose he  shall  attend  at  the  College  for  two  hours  in  each  week, 
or  oftener  if  required  by  the  President,  to  whom  he  shall  report 
each  quarter  the  number  and  character  of  the  operations  per- 
formed, and  the  condition  of  the  teeth  of  the  boys. 


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SECTION  XI. 

Of  Discipline. 

Discipline,  how  1-  The  discipline  of  the  College  is  under  the  immediate  direc- 
to  be  enforced.  t}on  0f  the  President ;  it  shall  be  firm,  but  mild  and  parental,  so 
that  the  union  of  firmness  with  a  judicious  system  of  rewards, 
and  other  elements  of  moral  suasion  may  exert  their  happiest 
influence.  When  restraint  or  other  punishment  of  an  orphan 
shall  be  necessary,  the  cause  and  object  of  it  shall  be  fully  ex- 
plained to  the  offender,  with  the  result  of  such  an  evil  course 
upon  himself,  and  its  influence  upon  other  orphans.  The  nature 
and  degree  of  restraint,  or  other  punishment,  shall  be  determined 
by  the  character  of  the  offence,  after  duly  considering  the 
offender's  age,  his  past  conduct,  with  his  mental,  moral  and 
physical  development.  The  penalties  may  be  admonition,  de- 
tention from  play,  change  of  diet,  deprivation  of  indulgences, 
seclusion,  and  in  extreme  cases,  after  milder  means  have  failed, 
corporal  punishment  may  be  inflicted  by  order  of  the  President, 
and  in  his  presence.  The  President  shall  report  in  writing  to 
the  Committee  on  Morals,  the  particulars  of  each  case  of  cor- 
poral punishment,  or  of  seclusion,  beyond  forty-eight  hours. 

Orphans  ab-        2.  If  any  orphan  shall  absent  himself  from  the  College  with- 
selves°     with-   out  Pernnssi°n>  or  ue  removed  therefrom  surreptitiously,  it  shall 

out  permission,   be  tne  duty  of  the  President  to  give  immediate  information  to 
Com.  on    Mor- 
tals and  parents   the  Committee  on  Morals,  and  to  the  mother  or  next  friend,  so 

thereof."  °  tnat  tne  necessary  steps  may  be  taken  to  return  the  pupil  to  the 

custody  of  the  Institution,  and  upon  the  third  occurrence  of  such 
unlawful  absence,  the  pupil  so  offending  shall  not  again  be  al- 
lowed by  the  President  to  resume  his  duties  in  the  College,  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  Committee  on  Morals  first  had  and  ob- 
tained. 

..        ,  3.  If  any  pupil  shall  conduct  himself  viciously,  disorderly, 

ing  themselves  or  otherwise  so  improperly  as  to  be  an  unfit  companion  for  the 
improperly     to  ,  .  .         , 

be  reported   to  other  orphans,  after  all    proper  means  have  been  employed  for 

Mora£°m'   °n  his  ^formation,  the  President  shall  report  the  fact  to  the  Com- 
mittee  on  Morals,  for  their  investigation. 


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SECTION  XII. 

General  Rules. 

Pupils 

1.  No  officer  shall  employ  or  detain  a  pupil  at  a  time  when   not  to  leave  the 

grounds    with- 
he  has  a  regular  duty  to  perform  with  another  officer,  without   out    a   permit, 

the  permission  of  the  President.     And  no  Orphan  shall  be  allow-   e(Jr  £o'^  c(1au[ " 

ed  to  leave  the  College  grounds  without  a  written  permit  from    without permis- 
°      &  '  sion  of  the  Pre- 

the  President  or  Matron  of  the  College,  for  such  purposes  as   sident. 

shall  be  designated  by  the  President. 

2.  The  Janitor  and  Gate  Keeper  are  immediately  responsible  Persons  em- 
to   the   President;    and  the  Watchman,  Fireman,  Coachman,   P,0>'ed   pn  the 

'  '       grounds     to 

Engineer,  Carpenter,  and  other  men  employed  about  the  Col-   whom  respon.-d- 

ble. 
lege  and  grounds,  are  directly  responsible  to  the  Steward,  and 

shall  take  orders  from  him. 

3.  The  monthly  reports  of  the  Matron,  Professors,  Principal  Monthly  re- 
Teachers,  Physicians  and  Steward,  shall  be  submitted  to  the  cers  to  be  made 
President  two  days  before  the   day  appointed  for   the    stated  two  days  before 

J  ;       "  t  lie  stated  meet- 

monthly  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  exclusive  of  that  ing  of  the  Board 
day. 

4.  The  Matron,  Assistant  Matron,  Instructors,  Prefects  and  Officers  to  at  - 
Governesses,  shall  regularly  attend  morning  and  evening  ^  aiywor- 
worship  in  the   College,  unless  excused  by  the  President,  and 

shall  preserve  order  during  the  religious  services. 

5.  The  officers  of  the  schools  and  household  shall,  by  turns,      Officers  to  r.t- 
attend  the  public  religious  services  in  the  College  on  Sunday 
whenever  the  President  shall  require  their  presence — provided 
that  this  duty  shall  not  be  required  oftener  than  every  alternate 

Sunday. 

6.  On  Sunday,  and  at  such  other  times  as  the  same  may  be       Leave  ofab- 

...  se nee  to  officers 

permitted,  without  injury  to  the  discipline  and  order  of  the  Col-   and  servants  on 

lege,   such  suitable    relaxation  and  leave  of  absence  may   be      uiuays- 

allowed  to  the  officers  and  servants   as  the  President  may  find 

it  convenient  to  grant,  or  the  Directors  to  designate  by  special 

order. 

7.  The  President  is  authorized  to  allow  the  absence  of  Or-         Absence  of 

phans  once  a    year,  for   the  space  of  two  weeks   during   the   PuP|ls  (or  l4W0 
r  J        '  '  °  weeks    in     the 

months  of  July  or  August,  when  the  mother,  or  next  friend,  summer  autho- 
•  i  r    i  -i  i  r    i  n  rizedjifspentin 

resides  out  oi  the  county,  or  in  the  rural  parts  of  the  county  of  the  country. 


tend    Sabbath 
worship. 


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Philadelphia.  He  is  also  authorized,  during  the  same  period,  to 
allow  the  absence  of  Orphans  whose  parent,  or  next  friend, 
resides  in  the  city :  Provided  said  parent,  or  next  friend,  shall 
request  it,  and  shall  give  satisfactory  assurances  that  the  Orphan 
will  spend  his  said  time  of  absence  in  the  country. 
Order  of  exer-  8.  The  pupils  shall  rise  in  the  morning  at  six  o'clock,  take 
cises  on  week  breakfast  at  six  and  a  half,  attend  worship  at  seven,  take  recrea- 
tion until  eight,  assemble  in  sections  at  that  hour,  meet  in  the 
school  rooms  at  nine,  remain  there,  with  fifteen  minutes  recess, 
until  twelve;  then  take  recreation  for  half  an  hour,  dine  at 
twelve  and  a  half,  take  recreation  until  two,  remain  in  the 
school  rooms  from  two  until  five,  with  recess  of  fifteen  minutes  ; 
attend  worship  at  five,  take  recreation  an  hour,  supper  at  six 
and  a  half  o'clock,  assemble  in  the  section  rooms  at  seven, 
and  retire  to  the  dormitories  from  eight  to  ten,  according  to 
their  age. 

9.  On  Saturday  the  schools  may  be  dismissed  at  11  o'clock, 
A.  M. 

Orderofexer-       *0«  On  Sunday  the  order  shall  be  as  follows:    The  pupils 

cises  on   Sun-  sjiaj[  assemble  in  their  section  rooms  at  9  o'clock,  A.  M.,  for 
day. 

religious  reading  and  instruction,  and  will  proceed  to  the  Col- 
lege at  ten  and  a  half,  to  attend  public  worship.  In  the  after- 
noon they  will  assemble  in  their  section  rooms  at  2  o'clock,  and 
attend  worship  at  3  or  3|  o'clock,  as  shall  be  determined  by  the 
President.  To  these  public  services  of  the  Sabbath  the  mem- 
bers of  the  City  Councils,  and  such  other  persons  as  may  be 
accompanied  or  be  specially  invited  by  a  Director,  shall  be  ad- 
mitted in  order  to  influence  the  minds  of  the  pupils  with  that 
respect  for  the  day  and  its  offices,  which  association  and  per- 
sonal contact  with  an  adult  audience  will  aid  in  securing. 

11.  The  times  of  closing  school,  evening  worship,  and  sup- 
in  cr  Jchool  &?"  Per'  may  be  half  an  hour  earlier  during  the  months  of  Novem- 
in  winter.  ber)  December  and  January. 

Nothing  to  be       12.  No  person  shall  be  permitted,  without  the  sanction  of  the 
sold  within  the  .  ,.      '         -  . 

walls    without   Board  of  Directors,  to  expose  for  sale,  or  sell,  within  the  Uol- 

Krectors11  °f     leoe  vva^s  any  book'  pamphlet,  or  other  thing,  nor  shall  any 
person  employed  within  the  same  receive  money  or  other  valua- 


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ble  consideration  from  any  visitor  for  any  service  connected 
with  their  duties,  under  pain  of  forfeiture  of  place. 

13.  In  case  of  the  death  of  a  pupil,  the  parent  or  next  friend  Interment  of 
shall  have  the  privilege  of  intering  his  remains  in  the  Cemetery  ecease  ^UP1S« 
attached  to  the  Institution,  and  the  expense  of  said  funeral  shall 

be  defrayed  by  the  College  ;  should  it  be  desired,  however,  to 
inter  his  remains  elsewhere,  the  body  shall  be  placed  in  a  suita- 
ble coffin  at  the  expense  of  the  Institution,  and  delivered  to  the 
parent  or  next  friend,  after  which  all  further  action  in  relation 
to  the  deceased,  both  on  the  part  of  the  Board  and  the  officers  of 
the  College,  shall  cease  and  determine. 

14.  The  recreation  allowed  the  pupils  by  the  rules,  shall  be         Recreation, 

where    to    be 
taken  upon  the  play-grounds,  or  in  case  the  weather  does  not  per-    taken. 

mit,  in  the  play-rooms  or  sheds  appropriated  to  that  purpose, 

and  in  no  case  shall  they  be  permitted  to  take  exercise,  or  play 

in  the  main  College  edifice. 


SECTION  XIII. 
Of  the  Gatekeeper  and  Janitor. 

1.  Either  the  Gatekeeper  or  Janitor  shall  be  present  at  the  Duties  of  gate- 
Lodge,  from  6  o'clock  A.  M.  to  10  P.  M.,  and  neither  of  them   keePer# 

shall  be  absent  from  the  College  grounds  at  any  time,  without 
the  permission  of  the  President. 

2.  No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  the  College  grounds      who  shall  be 

without  a  permit  from  a  Director,  except  the  Mayor  and  mem-   Pprm!,t(>dtoen- 
.  ter  without  per- 

bers  of  the  Councils  of  Philadelphia,  Ex-Directors  of  the  Col-   nrit. 

lege,  officers  of  the  College,  or  persons  employed  therein,  per- 
sons having  business  with,  or  visiting  any  of  the  officers  of  the 
College,  Officers  of  the  Law,  having  process  to  execute  within 
the  walls. 

No  persons  other  than  members  of  the  Select  and  Common      Admission  on 
Councils  shall  be  admitted  to   visit  the  College  on  Sundays,   uc  worship!"1 
except  in  company  with  a  Director  or  Officer  of  the  College, 
unless  by  a  special  permit  to  attend  public  worship.       • 

3.  Strangers  and  citizens  accompanying  them,  will  be  admit-  Strangers,  how 
ted  on  any  day  of  the  week,  except  Sunday,  between  9  o'clock  ^ie^hen  ad" 
A.  M.,  and  sunset,  upon  the  presentation  of  a  permit. 


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_. .        ,  4.  Citizens  will  be  permitted  to  visit  the  College  on  the  first 

Citizens,  how  .  . 

and  when  ad-  Tuesday  of  each  month,  in  the  afternoon,  with  a  permit  signed 

mitted.  n. 

by  a  Director. 

Visitors  to  the       5.  Visitors  to  the  Domestics  employed  within   the  College 

aZitted*'  h0W  walIs  wiU   be  admitted  wilh  a  permit  from  the   President  or 

Matron. 
Visitors       6.  Visitors  to  the  College  shall    register  their  names  in  a 
names'" '  "*  k°°k  Prov^ed  f°r  tne  purpose,  and  also  the  name  of  the  person 

giving  the  permit.     Visitors  to  any  of  the  officers,  shall  also 

enter  their  names,  and  the  name  of  the  officer  they  desire  to 

see. 

7.  The  pupils  may  be  permitted  to  visit  their  friends  on  the 
When  pupils  .         r    l  j  r 

are  permitted  to  third  Wednesday  of  January,  April,  July  and  October,  and  to 

to  receive  visits,   receive  visits    at   the  College  from  their  friends,  on  the  first 

Tuesday  of  March,  June,  September  and  December. 

v-  .  8.  Visitors  shall  not  be  permitted  to  inspect  the  College  or 

admitted    after  grounds  after  sunset.     But  this  rule  does  not  extend  to  any  one 

sunset 

having  business  with,  or  visiting  any  officer  of  the  College. 

9.  The  inner  gate  shall  be   kept   constantly  closed,  except 
Gate  to  be  kept        ,  ,  r       ,,  c  i  •   i  j 

closed.  when  opened  for  the  entrance  or  egress  of  a  vehicle,  and  on 

Sunday  both  gates  shall  be  closed,  except  as  aforesaid. 

p  t       10.  The  Gatekeeper  shall  not  permit  persons  to  collect  or 

allowed  to  col-  remain  in  the  Lodge,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  prevent  the 

lect  in  or  about  ...  ,  ,       T      , 

the  Lodge.         pupils  from  collecting  or  remaining  in  or  about  the  Lodge  or 

gate. 

Pupil  not  to  be       H«  The  Gatekeeper  shall  not  permit,  on  any  account,   a 

allowed  to  pass  pUpj[  0f  the  College  to  pass  through  the  gate  or  outer  door  of 

the   gate  with-    r    ■  .  .  . 

out  a  permit.      the  Lodge,  without  a  special  permit  from  the   President  of  the 

College,  or  the  Matron. 


THE   WILL 


OF    THE    LATE 


STEPHEN  GIRAKD,  ESQ. 


I,  Stephen  Girard,  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  Commonwealth 
of  Pennsylvania,  Mariner  and  Merchant,  being  of  sound  mind,  memory  and 
understanding,  do  make  and  publish  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  in 
manner  following :  that  is  to  say — 

I.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  "  The  Contributors  to  the  Pennsylvania  Hos- 
pital," of  which  Corporation  I  am  a  member,  the  sum  of  Thirty  Thousand 
Dollars,  upon  the  following  conditions,  namely,  that  the  said  sum  shall  be 
added  to  their  Capital,  and  shall  remain  a  part  thereof  forever,  to  be  placed 
at  interest,  and  the  interest  thereof  to  be  applied,  in  the  first  place,  to  pay 
to  my  black  woman  Hannah  (to  whom  I  hereby  give  her  freedom,)  the  sum 
of  two  hundred  dollars  per  year,  in  quarterly  payments  of  fifty  dollars  each 
in  advance,  during  all  the  term  of  her  life ;  and,  in  the  second  place,  the 
said  interest  to  be  applied  to  the  use  and  accommodation  of  the  sick  in  the 
said  Hospital,  and  for  providing,  and  at  all  times  having  competent  matrons, 
and  a  sufficient  number  of  nurses  and  assistant  nurses,  in  order  not  only  to 
promote  the  purposes  of  the  said  Hospital,  but  to  increase  this  last  class  of 
useful  persons,  much  wanted  in  our  city. 

II.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  "  The  Pennsylvania  Institution  for  the  Deaf 
and  Dumb,"  the  sum  of  Tiventy  Thousand  Dollars,  for  the  use  of  that 
Institution. 

III.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  "  The  Orphan  Asylum  of  Philadelphia,"  the 
sum  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars,  for  the  use  of  that  Institution. 

TV.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  "  The  Comptrollers  of  the  Public  Schools  for 
the  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,"  the  sum  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars, 


for  the  use  of  the  Schools  upon  the  Lancaster  system,  in  the  first  section  of 
the  first  school  district  of  Pennsylvania. 

V.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  "  The  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Phila- 
delphia," the  sum  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars,  in  trust  safely  to  invest  the 
same  in  some  productive  fund,  and  with  the  interest  and  dividends  arising 
therefrom  to  purchase  fuel,  between  the  months  of  March  and  August  in 
every  year  forever,  and  in  the  month  of  January  in  every  year  forever,  dis- 
tribute the  same  amongst  poor  white  house-keepers  and  room-keepers,  of  good 
character,  residing  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia. 

VI.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Society  for  the  relief  of  poor  and  distressed 
Masters  of  Ships,  their  Widows  and  Children,  (of  which  Society  I  am  a 
member)  the  sum  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars,  to  be  added  to  their  Capital 
stock,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  said  Society. 

VII.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  gentlemen  who  shall  be  Trustees  of  the 
Masonic  Loan,  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  the  sum  of  Twenty  Thousond 
Dollars,  including  therein  ten  thousand  and  nine  hundred  dollars  due  to  me, 
part  of  the  Masonic  Loan,  and  any  interest  that  may  be  due  thereon  at  the 
time  of  my  decease,  in  trust  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  "  The  Grand  Lodge 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  Masonic  Jurisdiction  thereto  belonging,"  and  to  be  paid 
over  by  the  said  Trustees  to  the  said  Grand  Lodge,  for  the  purpose  of  being 
invested  in  some  safe  stock  or  funds,  or  other  good  security,  and  the  divi- 
dends and  interest  arising  therefrom  to  be  again  so  invested  and  added  to 
the  Capital,  without  applying  any  part  thereof  to  any  other  purpose,  until 
the  whole  capital  shall  amount  to  thirty  thousand  dollars,  when  the  same 
shall  forever  after  remain  a  permanent  fund  or  Capital,  of  the  said  amount 
of  thirty  thousand  dollars,  the  interest  whereof  shall  be  applied  from  time  to 
time  to  the  relief  of  poor  and  respectable  brethren  ;  and  in  order  that  the 
real  and  benevolent  purposes  of  masonic  institutions  may  be  attained,  I  re- 
commend to  the  several  lodges  not  to  admit  to  membership,  or  to  receive 
members  from  other  lodges,  unless  the  applicants  shall  absolutely  be  men 
of  sound  and  good  morals. 

VIII.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Philip  Peltz,  John  Lentz,  Francis  Hesley, 
Jacob  Baker  and  Adam  Young,  of  Passyunk  township,  in  the  County  of 
Philadelphia,  the  sum  of  Six  Thousand  Dollars,  in  trust,  that  they  or  the 
survivors  or  survivor  of  them  shall  purchase  a  suitable  piece  of  ground,  as 
near  as  may  be  in  the  centre  of  said  township,  and  thereon  erect  a  substan- 
tial brick  building,  sufficiently  large  for  a  school-house,  and  the  residence  of 
a  school-master,  one  part  thereof  for  poor  male  white  children,  and  the  othor 
part  for  poor  female  white  children  of  said  township  ;  and  as  soon  as  the 
said  school-house  shall  have  been  built,  that  the  said  trustees  or  the  sur- 
vivors or  survivor  of  them,  shall  convey  the  said  piece  of  ground  and  house 
thereon  erected,  and  shall  pay  over  such  balance  of  said  sum  as  may  rcmair 


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unexpended  to  any  board  of  directors  and  their  successors,  in  trust,  which 
may  at  the  time  exist  or  be  by  law  constituted,  consisting  of  at  least  twelve 
discreet  inhabitants  of  the  said  township,  and  to  be  annually  chosen  by  the 
inhabitants  thereof;  the  said  piece  of  ground  and  house  to  be  carefully  main- 
tained by  said  directors  and  their  successors  solely  for  the  purposes  of  a  school 
as  aforesaid,  forever,  and  the  said  balance  to  be  securely  invested  as  a  perma- 
nent fund,  the  interest  thereof  to  be  applied  from  time  to  time  towards  the 
education  in  the  said  school  of  any  number  of  such  poor  white  children  of 
said  township ;  and  I  do  hereby  recommend  to  the  citizens  of  said  township 
to  make  additions  to  the  fund  whereof  I  have  laid  the  foundation. 

IX.  I  give  and  devise  my  house,  and  lot  of  ground  thereto  belonging,  situ- 
ate in  rue  Ramouet  aux  Chartrons,  near  the  city  of  Bordeaux,  in  France,  and 
the  rents,  issues,  and  profits  thereof,  to  my  brother,  Etienne  Girard,  and  my 
niece  Victoire  Fenellon,  (daughter  of  my  late  sister  Sophia  Girard  Capayron,) 
(both  residing  in  France,)  in  equal  moieties  for  the  life  of  my  said  brother,  and, 
on  his  decease,  one  moiety  of  the  said  house  and  lot  to  my  said  niece  Vic- 
toire, and  her  heirs  forever,  and  the  other  moiety  to  the  six  children  of  my 
said  brother,  namely,  John  Fabricius,  Marguerite,  Ann  Henriette,  Jean  August, 
Marie,  and  Madelaine  Henriette,  share  and  share  alike,  (the  issue  of  any  de- 
ceased child,  if  more  than  one,  to  take  amongst  them  the  parent's  share)  and 
their  heirs  forever. 

X.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  brother,  Etienne  Girard,  the  sum  of 
Five  Thousand  Dollars,  and  the  like  sum  of  Five  Thousand  Dollars  to  each 
of  his  six  children  above  named  :  if  any  of  the  said  children  shall  die  prior  to 
the  receipt  of  his  or  her  legacy  of  five  thousand  dollars,  the  said  sum  shall  be 
paid,  and  I  give  and  bequeath  the  same  to  any  issue  of  such  deceased  child, 
if  more  than  one,  share  and  share  alike. 

XI.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  niece,  Victoire  Fenellon,  the  sum  of 
Five  Thousand  Dollars. 

XII.  I  give  and  bequeath  absolutely  to  my  niece,  Antoinctta,  now  married 
to  Mr.  Hemphill,  the  sum  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars,  and  I  also  give  and 
bequeath  to  her  the  sum  of  Fifty  Thousand  Dollars,  to  be  paid  over  to  a 
trustee  or  trustees  to  be  appointed  by  my  executors,  which  trustee  or  trustees 
shall  place  and  continue  the  said  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  upon  good 
security,  and  pay  the  interest  and  dividends  thereof  as  they  shall  from  time 
to  Time  accrue,  to  my  said  niece  for  her  separate  use,  during  the  term  of  her 
life,  and  from  and  immediately  after  her  decease,  to  pay  and  distribute  the 
capital  to  and  among  such  of  her  children  and  the  issue  of  deceased  children, 
and  in  such  parts  and  shares  as  she  the  said  Antoinetta,  by  an  instrument 
under  her  hand  and  seal,  executed  in  the  presence  of  at  least  two  credible 
witnesses,  shall  direct  and  appoint,  and  for  default  of  such  appointment,  then 
to  and  among  the  said  children  and  issue  of  deceased  children  in  equal  shares, 


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such  issue  of  deceased  children,  if  more  than  one,  to  take  only  the  share 
which  their  deceased  parent  would  have  taken  if  living. 

XIII.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  niece  Carolina,  now  married  to  Mr. 
Haslam,  the  sum  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars ;  to  be  paid  over  to  a  trustee 
or  trustees  to  be  appointed  by  my  executors,  which  trustee  or  trustees  shall 
place  and  continue  the  said  money  upon  good  security,  and  pay  the  interest, 
and  dividends  thereof  from  time  to  time  as  they  shall  accrue,  to  my  said 
niece,  for  her  separate  use,  during  the  term  of  her  life  :  and  from  and  im- 
mediately after  her  decease,  to  pay  and  distribute  the  capital  to  and  among 
such  of  her  children,  and  issue  of  deceased  children,  and  in  such  parts  and 
shares,  as  she  the  said  Carolina,  by  any  instrument  under  her  hand  and 
seal,  executed  in  the  presence  of  at  least  two  credible  witnesses,  shall  direct 
and  appoint,  and  for  default  of  such  appointment,  then  to  and  among  the  said 
children,  and  issue  of  deceased  children,  in  equal  shares,  such  issue  of  de- 
ceased children,  if  more  than  one,  to  take  only  the  share  which  the  deceased 
parent  would  have  taken  if  living ;  but  if  my  said  niece  Carolina,  shall  leave 
no  issue,  then  the  said  trustee  or  trustees,  on  her  decease,  shall  pay  the  said 
capital,  and  any  interest  accrued  thereon,  to  and  among  Caroline  Lallemand, 
(niece  of  the  said  Carolina,)  and  the  children  of  the  aforesaid  Antoinetta 
Hemphill,  share  and  share  alike. 

XIV.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  niece,  Henrietta,  now  married  to  Dr. 
Clark,  the  sum  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars  ;  and  I  give  and  bequeath  to  her 
daughter  Caroline,  (in  the  last  clause  above  named,)  the  sum  of  Twenty 
Thousand  Dollars — the  interest  of  the  said  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  to  be  applied  to  the  maintenance 
and  education  of  the  said  Caroline  during  ner  minority,  and  the  principal, 
with  any  accumulated  interest,  to  be  paid  to  the  said  Caroline,  on  her  arrival 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years. 

XV.  Unto  each  of  the  Captains  who  shall  be  in  my  employment  at  the  time 
of  my  decease,  either  in  port,  or  at  sea,  having  charge  of  one  of  my  ships  or 
vessels,  and  having  performed  at  least  two  voyages  in  my  service,  I  give  and 
bequeath  the  sum  of 'Fifteen  Hundred  Dollars — provided  he  shall  have  brought 
safely  into  the  port  of  Philadelphia,  or  if  at  sea  at  the  time  of  my  decease, 
shall  bring  safely  into  that  port,  my  ship  or  vessel  last  entrusted  to  him,  and 
also  that  his  conduct  during  the  last  voyage  shall  have  been  in  every  respect 
conformable  to  my  instructions  to  him. 

XVI.  All  persons,  who,  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  shall  be  bound  to  me 
by  indenture,  as  apprentices  or  servants,  and  who  shall  then  be  under  age,  I 
direct  my  executors  to  assign  to  suitable  masters  immediately  after  my  de- 
cease, for  the  remainder  of  their  respective  terms,  on  conditions  as  favora- 
ble as  they  can  in  regard  to  education,  clothing  and  freedom  dues  :  to  each 
of  the  said  persons  in  my  service,  and  under  age  at  the  time  of  my  decease, 


•JO 

I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  which  sums  respec- 
tively I  direct  my  executors  safely  to  invest  in  public  stock,  to  apply  the 
interest  and  dividends  thereof,  towards  the  education  of  the  several  appren- 
tices or  servants,  for  whom  the  capital  is  given  respectively,  and  at  the  termi- 
nation of  the  apprenticeship  or  service  of  each,  to  pay  to  him  or  her  the  said 
sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  and  any  interest  accrued  thereon,  if  any  such 
interest  shall  remain  unexpended  ;  in  assigning  any  indenture,  preference 
shall  be  given  to  the  mother,  father,  or  next  relation,  as  assignee,  should  such 
mother,  father,  or  relative  desire  it,  and  be  at  the-  same  time  respectable  and 
competent. 

XVII.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Francis  Hesley  (son  of  Mrs.  S.  Hesley,  who 
is  mother  of  Marianne  Hesley,)  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  over  and 
above  such  sum  as  may  be  due  to  him  at  my  decease. 

XVIII.  I  charge  my  real  estate  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  with  the  pay- 
ment of  the  several  annuities  or  sums  following,  (the  said  annuities  to  be 
paid  by  the  Treasurer  or  other  proper  officers  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia, 
appointed  by  the  Corporation  thereof  for  the  purpose,  out  of  the  rents  and 
profits  of  said  real  estate  hereinafter  directed  to  be  kept  constantly  rented,) 
namely  : — 

1st.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ingersoll,  Widow  of  Jared  In- 
gersoll,  Esq.,  late  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  Counsellor  at  Law,  an  annuity, 
or  yearly  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  to  be  paid  in  half-yearly  payments, 
in  advance,  of  five  hundred  dollars  each,  during  her  life. 

2d.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Catherine  Girard,  now  widow  of  Mr.  J.  B. 
Hoskins,  who  died  in  the  Isle  of  France,  an  annuity,  or  yearly  sum  of  Four 
Hundred  Dollars,  to  be  paid  in  half-yearly  payments,  in  advance,  of  two 
hundred  dollars  each,  during  her  life. 

3d.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Jane  Taylor,  my  present  house-keeper, 
(the  widow  of  the  late  Captain  Alexander  Taylor,  who  was  master  of  my  ship 
Helvetius,  and  died  in  my  employment,)  an  annuity,  or  yearly  sum  of  Five 
Hundred  Dollars,  to  be  paid  in  half-yearly  payments,  in  advance,  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each,  during  her  life. 

4th.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  S.  Hesley,  my  house-keeper  at  my  place 
in  Passyunk  Township,  an  annuity,  or  yearly  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars, 
to  be  paid  in  half-yearly  payments,  in  advance,  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  each,  during  her  life. 

5th.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Marianne  Hesley,  daughter  to  Mrs.  S.  Hesley, 
an  annuity,  or  yearly  sum  of  Three  Hundred  Dollars,  to  be  paid  to  her 
mother,  for  her  use,  in  half-yearly  payments,  in  advance,  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  each,  until  the  said  Marianne  shall  have  attained  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years,  when  the  said  annuity  shall  cease,  and  the  said  Marianne 


5G 

will  receive  the  five  hundred  dollars  given  to  her  and  other  indented  persons, 
according  to  the  clause  XVI.  of  this  Will. 

Cth.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  late  house-keeper,  Mary  Kenton,  an  annuity, 
or  yearly  sum  of  Three  Hundred  Dollars,  to  be  paid  in  half-yearly  payments, 
in  advance,  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each,  during  her  life. 

7th.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Deborah  Scott,  sister  of  Mary  Kenton, 
and  wife  of  Mr.  Edwin  T.  Scott,  an  annuity,  or  yearly  sum  of  Three  Hundred 
Dollars,  to  be  paid  in  half-yearly  payments,  in  advance,  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  each,  during  her  life. 

8th.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Catharine  M'Laren,  sister  of  Mary  Kenton, 
and  wife  of  Mr.  M'Laren,  an  annuity,  or  yearly  sum  of  Three  Hundred 
Dollars,  to  be  paid  in  half-yearly  payments,  in  advance,  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  each,  during  her  life. 

9th.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mrs.  Amelia  G.  Taylor,  wife  of  Mr.  Richard 
M.  Taylor,  an  annuity,  or  yearly  sum  of  Three  Hundred  Dollars,  to  be  paid 
in  half-yearly  payments,  in  advance,  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each, 
during  her  life. 

XIX.  All  that  part  of  my  real  and  personal  estate,  near  Washita,  in  the 
State  of  Louisiana,  the  said  real  estate  consisting  of  upwards  of  two  hundred 
and  eighty  thousand  arpens,  or  acres  of  land,  and  including  therein  the  settle- 
ment hereinafter  mentioned,  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath,  as  follows,  namely  : 
1.  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of  New  Orleans, 
their  successors  and  assigns,  all  that  part  of  my  real  estate,  constituting  the 
settlement  formed  on  my  behalf  by  my  particular  friend,  Judge  Henry  Bree, 
of  Washita,  consisting  of  upwards  of  one  thousand  arpens,  or  acres  of  land, 
with  the  appurtenances  and  improvements  thereon,  and  also  all  the  personal 
estate  thereto  belonging,  and  thereon  remaining,  including  upwards  of  thirty 
slaves  now  on  said  settlement,  and  their  increase,  in  trust,  however,  and 
subject  to  the  following  reservations  : 

I  desire,  that  no  part  of  the  said  estate  or  property,  or  the  slaves  thereon, 
or  their  increase,  shall  be  disposed  of  or  sold  for  the  term  of  twenty  years 
from  and  after  my  decease,  should  the  said  Judge  Henry  Bree  survive  me 
and  live  so  long,  but  that  the  said  settlement  shall  be  kept  up  by  the  said 
Judge  Henry  Bree,  for  and  during  said  term  of  twenty  years,  as  if  it  was  his 
own ;  that  is,  it  shall  remain  under  his  sole  care  and  control ;  he  shall 
improve  the  same  by  raising  such  produce  as  he  may  deem  most  advisable, 
and,  after  paying  taxes,  and  all  expenses  in  keeping  up  the  settlement,  by 
clothing  the  slaves  and  otherwise,  he  shall  have  and  enjoy  for  his  own  use, 
all  the  nett  profits  of  said  settlement.  Provided,  however,  and  I  desire  that 
the  said  Judge  Henry  Bree,  shall  render,  annually,  to  the  Corporation  of  the 
City  of  New  Orleans,  a  report  of  the  state  of  the  settlement,  the  income  and 


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expenditure  thereof,  the  number  and  increase  of  the  slaves,  and  the  net 
result  of  the  whole.  I  desire  that,  at  the  expiration  of  the  said  term  of 
twenty  years,  or  on  the  decease  of  the  said  Judge  Henry  Bree,  should  he  not 
live  so  long,  the  land  and  improvements  forming  said  settlement,  the  slaves 
thereon,  or  thereto  belonging,  and  all  other  appurtenant  personal  property, 
shall  be  sold,  as  soon  as  the  said  Corporation  shall  deem  it  advisable  to  do 
so,  and  the  proceeds  of  the  said  sale  or  sales  shall  be  applied  by  the  said  Cor- 
poration to  such  uses  and  purposes  as  they  shall  consider  most  likely  to  pro- 
mote the  health  and  general  prosperity  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  New 
Orleans.  But,  until  the  said  sale  shall  be  made,  the  said  Corporation  shall 
pay  all  taxes,  prevent  waste  or  intrusion,  and  so  manage  the  said  settlement 
and  the  slaves,  and  their  increase  thereon,  as  to  derive  an  income,  and  the 
said  income  shall  be  applied,  from  time  to  time,  to  the  same  uses  and  pur- 
poses for  the  health  and  general  prosperity  of  the  said  inhabitants. 

2.  I  give,  devise,  and  bequeath  to  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citizens  of 
Philadelphia,  their  successors  and  assigns,  two  undivided  third  parts  of  all 
the  rest  and  residue  of  my  said  real  estate,  being  the  lands  unimproved  near 
Washita,  in  the  said  State  of  Louisiana,  in  trust,  that,  in  common  with  the 
Corporation  of  the  City  of  New  Orleans,  they  shall  pay  the  taxes  on  the 
said  lands,  and  preserve  them  from  waste  or  intrusion,  for  the  term  of  ten 
years  from  and  after  my  decease,  and  at  the  end  of  the  said  term,  when  they 
shall  deem  it  advisable  to  do  so,  shall  sell  and  dispose  of  their  interest  in 
said  lands  gradually  from  time  to  time,  and  apply  the  proceeds  of  such  sales 
to  the  same  uses  and  purposes  hereinafter  declared  and  directed,  of  and  con- 
cerning the  residue  of  my  personal  estate. 

3.  And  I  give,  devise,  and  bequeath  to  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of  New 
Orleans,  their  successors  and  assigns,  the  remaining  one  undivided  third  part 
of  the  said  lands,  in  trust,  in  common  with  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citi- 
zens of  Philadelphia,  to  pay  the  taxes  on  the  said  lands,  and  preserve  them 
from  waste  and  intrusion,  for  the  term  of  ten  years  from  and  after  my  de- 
cease, and,  at  the  end  of  the  said  term,  when  they  shall  deem  it  advisable  to 
do  so,  to  sell  and  dispose  of  their  interest  in  said  lands  gradually  from  time 
to  time,  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  to  such  uses  and  purposes  as 
the  said  Corporation  may  consider  most  likely  to  promote  the  health  and 
general  prosperity  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  New  Orleans.  , 

XX.  And,  whereas,  I  have  been  for  a  long  time  impressed  with  the  impor 
tance  of  educating  the  poor,  and  of  placing  them,  by  the  early  cultivation  of 
their  minds  and  the  development  of  their  moral  principles,  above  the  many 
temptations  to  which,  through  poverty  and  ignorance,  they  are  exposed ;  and 
I  am  particularly  desirous  to  provide  for  such  a  number  of  poor  male  white 
orphan  children,  as  can  be  trained  in  one  institution,  a  better  education,  as  well 
as  a  more  comfortable  maintenance,  than  they  usually  receive  from  the  appli- 

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cation  of  the  public  funds  :  and  whereas,  together  with  the  object  just  adverted 
to,  I  have  sincerely  at  heart  the  welfare  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and,  as  a 
part  of  it,  am  desirous  to  improve  the  neighborhood  of  the  river  Delaware,  so 
that  the  health  of  the  citizens  may  be  promoted  and  preserved,  and  that  the 
eastern  part  of  the  city  may  be  made  to  correspond  better  with  the  interior. 
Now,  I  do  give,  devise  and  bequeath  all  the  residue  and  remainder  of  my  real 
and  'personal  estate  of  every  sort  and  kind  wheresoever  situate,  (the  real 
estate  in  Pennsylvania  charged  as  aforesaid)  unto  "  the  Mayor,  Aldermen 
and  Citizens  of  Philadelphia,"  their  successors  and  assigns,  in  trust,  to  and 
for  the  several  uses,  intents  and  purposes  hereinafter  mentioned  and  declared 
of  and  concerning  the  same,  that  is  to  say:  so  far  as  regards  my  real  estate 
in  Pennsylvania,  in  trust,  that  no  part  thereof  shall  ever  be  sold  or  alienated 
by  the  said  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Philadelphia,  or  their  succes- 
sors, but  the  same  shall  forever  thereafter  be  let  from  time  to  time,  to  good 
tenants,  at  yearly  or  other  rents,  and  upon  leases  in  possession  not  exceed- 
ing five  years  from  the  commencement  thereof,  and  that  the  rents,  issues  and 
profits  arising  therefrom,  shall  be  applied  towards  keeping  that  part  of  the 
said  real  estate  situate  in  the  city  and  liberties  of  Philadelphia  constantly  in 
good  repair,  (parts  elsewhere  situate  to  be  kept  in  repair  by  the  tenants  there- 
of respectively)  and  towards  improving  the  same,  whenever  necessary,  by 
erecting  new  buildings ;  and  that  the  net  residue  (after  paying  the  several 
annuities  herein  before  provided  for,)  be  applied  to  the  same  uses  and  pur- 
poses as  are  herein  declared  of  and  concerning  the  residue  of  my  personal 
estate ;  and  so  far  as  regards  my  real  estate  in  Kentucky,  now  under  the 
care  of  Messrs.  Triplett  &  Brumley,  in  trust,  to  sell  and  dispose  of  the  same, 
whenever  it  may  be  expedient  to  do  so,  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  of  such 
sale  to  the  same  uses  and  purposes  as  are  herein  declared  of  and  concerning 
the  residue  of  my  personal  estate. 

XXI.  And  so  far  as  regards  the  residue  of  my  personal  estate,  in  trust,  as 
to  two  millions  of  dollar s^  part  thereof,  to  apply  and  expend  so  much  of  that 
sum  as  may  be  necessary,  in  erecting,  as  soon  as  practicably  may  be,  in  the 
centre  of  my  square  of  ground  between  High  and  Chesnut  streets,  and 
Eleventh  and  Twelfth  streets,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  (which  square  of 
ground  I  hereby  devote  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  stated,  and  for  no  other, 
forever,)  a  permanent  college,  with  suitable  out-buildings,  sufficiently  spa- 
cious for  the  residence  and  accommodation  of  at  least  three  hundred  scholars, 
and  the  requisite  teachers  and  other  persons  necessary  in  such  an  institution 
as  I  direct  to  be  established,  and  in  supplying  the  said  college  and  out-build- 
ings with  decent  and  suitable  furniture,  as  well  as  books  and  all  things  need- 
ful to  carry  into  effect  my  general  design. 

The  said  college  shall  be  constructed  with  the  most  durable  materials,  and 
in  the  most  permanent  manner,  avoiding  needless  ornament,  and  attending 


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chiefly  to  the  strength,  convenience,  and  neatness  of  the  whole:  It  shall 
be  at  least  one  hundred  and  ten  feet  east  and  west,  and  one  hundred  and 
sixty  feet  north  and  south,  and  shall  be  built  on  lines  parallel  with  High  and 
Chesnut  streets,  and  Eleventh  and  Twelfth  streets,  provided  those  lines  shall 
constitute  at  their  junction  right  angles :  It  shall  be  three  stories  in  height, 
each  story  at  least  fifteen  feet  high  in  the  clear  from  the  floor  to  the  cornice : 
It  shall  be  fire-proof  inside  and  outside.  The  floors  and  the  roof  to  be 
formed  of  solid  materials,  on  arches  turned  on  proper  centres,  so  that  no 
wood  may  be  used,  except  for  doors,  windows  and  shutters  :  Cellars  shall  be 
made  under  the  whole  building,  solely  for  the  purposes  of  the  institution  ;  the 
doors  to  them  from  the  outside  shall  be  on  the  east  and  west  of  the  building, 
and  access  to  them  from  the  inside  shall  be  had  by  steps,  descending  to  the 
cellar  floor  from  each  of  the  entries  or  halls  hereinafter  mentioned,  and  th 
inside  cellar  doors  to  open  under  the  stairs  on  the  north-east  and  north-west 
corners  of  the  northern  entry,  and  under  the  stairs  on  the  south-east  and 
south-west  corners  of  the  southern  entry  ;  there  shall  be  a  cellar  window 
under  and  in  line  with  each  window  in  the  first  story — they  shall  be  built 
one  half  below,  the  other  half  above  the  surface  of  the  ground,  and  the 
ground  outside  each  window  shall  be  supported  by  stout  walls ;  the  sashes 
should  open  inside,  on  hinges,  like  doors,  and  there  should  be  strong  iron 
bars  outside  each  window ;  the  windows  inside  and  outside  should  not  be  less 
than  four  feet  wide  in  the  clear:  There  shall  be  in  each  story  four  rooms, 
each  room  not  less  than  fifty  feet  square  in  the  clear;  the  four  rooms  on  each 
floor  to  occupy  the  whole  space  east  and  west  on  such  floor  or  story,  and  the 
middle  of  the  building  north  and  south  ;  so  that  in  the  north  of  the  building, 
and  in  the  south  thereof,  there  may  remain  a  space  of  equal  dimensions,  for 
an  entry  or  hall  in  each,  for  stairs  and  landings  :  In  the  north-east  and  in 
the  north-west  corners  of  the  northern  entry  or  hall  on  the  first  floor,  stairs 
shall  be  made  so  as  to  form  a  double  stair-case,  which  shall  be  carried  up 
through  the  several  stories  ;  and,  in  like  manner,  in  the  south-east  and  south- 
west corners  of  the  southern  entry  or  hall,  stairs  shall  be  made,  on  the  first 
floor,  so  to  form  a  double  stair-case,  to  be  carried  up  through  the  several 
stories ;  the  steps  of  the  stairs  to  be  made  of  smooth  white  marble,  with  plain 
square  edges,  each  step  not  to  exceed  nine  inches  in  the  rise,  nor  to  be  less 
than  ten  inches  in  the  tread  ;  the  outside  and  inside  foundation  walls  shall  be 
at  least  ten  feet  high  in  the  clear  from  the  ground  to  the  ceiling ;  the  first 
floor  shall  be  at  least  three  feet  above  the  level  of  the  ground  around  the 
building,  after  that  ground  shall  have  been  so  regulated  as  that  there  shall 
be  a  gradual  descent  from  the  centre  to  the  side  of  the  square  formed  by 
High  and  Chesnut  and  Eleventh  and  Twelfth  streets:  all  the  cutside  founda- 
tion walls,  forming  the  cellars,  shall  be  three  feet  six  inches  thick  up  to  the 
first  floor,  or  as  high  as  may  be  necessary  to  fix  the  centres  for  the  first 


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floor ;  and  the  inside  foundation  wall,  running  north  and  south,  and  the  three 
inside  foundation  walls  running  east  and  west  (intended  to  receive  the  interior 
walls  for  the  four  rooms,  each  not  less  than  fifty  feet  square  in  the  clear, 
above  mentioned,)  shall  be  three  feet  thick  up  to  the  first  floor,  or  as  high 
as   may  be  necessary  to  fix  the  centres  for  the  first  floor ;   when  carried 
so  far  up,  the  outside  walls  shall  be  reduced  to  two  ihet  in  thickness,  leaving 
a  recess  outside  of  one  foot,  and  inside  of  six  inches — and  when  carried  so 
far  up,  the  inside  foundation  walls  shall  also  be  reduced,  six  inches  on  each 
side,  to  the  thickness  of  two  feet;  centres  shall  then  be  fixed  on  the  various 
recesses  of  six   inches   throughout,  left  for  the   purpose,  the  proper  arches 
shall  be  turned,  and  the  first  floor  laid  ;  the  outside  and  the  inside  wall  shall 
then  be  carried  up  to  the  thickness  of  two  feet  throughout,  as  high  as  may 
be  necessary  to  begin  the  recess  intended  to  fix  the  centres  of  the  second 
floor,  that  is,  the  floor  of  the  four  rooms,  each  not  less  than  fifty  feet  square 
in  the  clear,  and  for  the  landing  in  the  north,  and  the  landing  in  the  south  of 
the  building,  where  the   stairs  are  to  go  up — at  this  stage  of  the  work,  a 
chain,  composed  of  bars  of  inch  square  iron,  each  bar  about  ten  feet  long, 
and  linked  together  by  hooks  formed  of  the  ends  of  the  bars,  shall  be  laid 
straightly  and  horizontally  along  the  several  walls,  and  shall  be  as  tightly  as 
possible  worked  into   the  centre  of  them   throughout,  and  shall   be  secured 
wherever  necessary,  especially  at  all  the  angles,  by  iron  clamps  solidly  fastened, 
so  as  to  prevent  cracking  or  swerving  in  any  part;  centres  shall  then  be  laid, 
the   proper  arches   turned   for  the  second  floor  and   landings,  and  the  second 
floor  and   landings  shall   be  laid;  the  outside  and  the  inside  walls  shall  then 
be  carried  up  of  the  same  thickness  of  two  feet  throughout  as  high  as  may 
be  necessary  to  begin  in  the  recess  intended  to  fix  the  centres  for  the  third 
floor  and  landings,  and,  when  so  far  carried  up,  another  chain  similar  in  all 
respects  to  that  used  at  the  second  story,  shall  be  in  like  manner  worked  into 
the  walls  throughout,  as  tightly  as  possible,  and  clamped  in  the  same  way 
with  equal  care ;  centres  shall  be  formed,  the  proper  arches  turned,  and  the 
third  floor  and   landings  shall  be  laid :  the  outside  and  the  inside  walls  shall 
then  be  carried  up,  of  the  same  thickness  of  two  feet  throughout,  as  high  as 
may  be  necessary  to  begin  the  recess  intended  to  fix  the  centres  for  the  roof; 
and,  when  so  carried  up,  a  third  chain,  in  all  respects  like  those  used  at  the 
second  and  third  stories,  shall  in  the  manner  before  described,  be  worked  as 
tightly  as  possible  into  the  walls  throughout,  and  shall  be  clamped  with  equal 
care ;  centres  shall  now  be  fixed  in  the  manner  best  adapted  for  the  roof, 
which  is  to  form  the  ceiling  for  the  third  story,  the  proper  arches  shall  be 
turned,  and  the  roof  shall   be  laid  as  nearly  horizontally  as  may  be,  consis- 
tently with  the  easy  passage  of  water  to  the  eaves :  the  outside  walls,  still  of 
the  thickness  of  two  feet  throughout,  shall  then  be  carried  up  about  two  feet 
above  the  level  of  the  platform,  and  shall  have  marble  capping,  with  a  strong 


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and  neat  iron  railing  thereon :  The  outside  walls  shall  be  faced  with  slabs  or 
blocks  of  marble  or  granite,  not  less  than  two  feet  thick,  and  fastened  toge- 
ther  with  clamps    securely  sunk  therein,  —  they  shall  be  carried  up  flush 
from  the  recess  of  one  foot  formed  at  the  first  floor  where  the  foundation  out- 
side wall  is  reduced  to  two  feet :  The  floors  and  landings,  as  well  as  the  roof, 
shall  be  covered  with  marble  slabs,  securely  laid  in  mortar  ;  the  slabs  on  the 
roof  to  be  twice  as  thick  as  those  on  the  floors.     In  constructing  the  walls, 
as  well  as  in  turning  the  arches,  and   laying  the  floors,  landings,  and  roof, 
good  and  strong  mortar  and  grout  shall  be  used,  so  that  no  cavity  whatever 
may  any  where  remain.     A  furnace  or  furnaces  for  the  generation  of  heated 
air  shall  be  placed  in  the  cellar,  and  the   heated   air  shall   be  introduced  in 
adequate   quantity,  wherever  wanted,   by  means  of  pipes  and  flues  inserted 
and  made  for  the  purpose  in  the  walls,  and  as  those  walls  shall  be  constructed. 
In  case  it  shall  be  found  expedient  for  the  purposes   of  a   library,  or  other- 
wise, to  increase  the  number  of  rooms,  by  dividing  any  of  those  directed  to 
be  not    less    than    fifty  feet    square    in  the  clear,  into    parts,  the  partition 
walls  to  be  of  solid  materials.     A  room  most  suitable  for  the  purpose,  shall 
be  set  apart  for  the  reception,  and  preservation  of  my  books  and  papers,  and 
I  direct  that  they  shall  be   placed   there  by  my  executors,  and  carefully  pre- 
served therein.     There  shall  be  two  principal  doors  of  entrance  into  the  col- 
lege, one  into  the  entry  or  hall  on  the  first  floor,  in  the  north  of  the  building, 
and  in  the  centre  between  the  east  and  west  walls,  the  other  in   the  entry  or 
hall  in  the  south   of  the   building,  and   in  the  centre  between  the  east  and 
west  walls ;  the  dimensions  to  be  determined  by  a  due  regard  to  the  size  of 
the  entire  building,  to   that  of  the  entry,  and  to  the  purpose  of  the  doors. 
The  necessity  for,  as  well  as  the  position  and  size  of  other  doors,  internal  or 
external,  and  also  the  position  and  size  of  the  windows,  to  be,  in  like  manner, 
decided  on  by  a  consideration  of  the  uses  to  which  the  building  is  to  be  ap- 
plied, the  size  of  the  building  itself,  and  of  the  several  rooms,  and  of  the  ad- 
vantages of  light  and  air:  there  should  in  each  instance  be  double  doors,  those 
opening  into  the  rooms  to  be  what  are  termed  glass  doors,  so  as  to  increase 
the  quantity  of  light  for  each  room,  and  those  opening  outward  to  be  of  sub- 
stantial wood  work  well  lined  and  secured  ;  the  windows  of  the  second  and 
third  stories  I  recommend  to  be  made  in   the   style   of  those  in  the  first  and 
second   stories   of  my   present  dwelling   house,  North  Water  Street,  on  the 
eastern  front  thereof;  and  outside  each  window  I  recommend  that  a  substan- 
tial and  neat  iron  balcony  be  placed,  sufficiently  wide  to  admit  the  opening  of 
the  shutters  against  the  walls  ;  the  windows  of  the  lower  story  to  be  in  the 
same  style,  except  that  they  are  not  to  descend  to  the  floor,  but  so  far  as  the 
surbase,  up  to  which  the  wall  is    to  be  carried,  as  is   the  case  in  the  lower 
story  of  my  house  at  my  place  in  Passyunk  Township.     In  minute  particu- 
lars  not  here  noticed,  utility  and  good  taste  should  determine.     There  should 


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be  at  least  four  out-buildings,  detached  from  the  main  edifice  and  from  each 
other,  and  in  such  positions  as  shall  at  once  answer  the  purposes  of  the  in- 
stitution, and  be  consistent  with  the  symmetry  of  the  whole  establishment : 
each  building  should  be,  as  far  as  practicable,  devoted  to  a  distinct  purpose : 
in  that  one  or  more  of  those  buildings,  in  which  they  may  be  most  useful,  I 
direct  my  executors  to  place  my  plate  and  furniture  of  every  sort. 

The  entire  square,  formed  by  High  and  Chesnut  streets,  and  Eleventh  and 
Twelfth  streets,  shall  be  enclosed  with  a  solid  wall,  at  least  fourteen  inches 
thick,  and  ten  feet  high,  capped  with  marble  and  guarded  with  irons  on  the 
top,  so  as  to  prevent  persons  from  getting  over ;  there  shall  be  two  places  of 
entrance  into  the  square,  one  in  the  centre  of  the  wall  facing  High  street,  and 
the  other  in  the  centre  of  the  wall  facing  Chesnut  street,  at  each  place  of 
entrance  there  shall  be  two  gates,  one  opening  inward,  and  the  other  out- 
ward, those  opening  inward  to  be  of  iron,  and  in  the  style  of  the  gates  north 
and  south  of  my  Banking  House;  and  those  opening  outward  to  be  of  sub- 
stantial wood  work,  well  lined  and  secured  on  the  faces  thereof  with  sheet- 
iron.  The  messuages  now  erected  on  the  south-east  corner  of  High  and 
Twelfth  streets,  and  on  Twelfth  street,  to  be  taken  down  and  removed  as 
soon  as  the  College  and  out-buildings  shall  have  been  erected,  so  that  the 
establishment  may  be  rendered  secure  and  private. 

When  the  College  and  appurtenances  shall  have  been  constructed,  and  sup- 
plied with  plain  and  suitable  furniture  and  books,  philosophical  and  experi- 
mental instruments  and  apparatus,  and  all  other  matters  needful  to  carry  my 
general  design  into  execution  ;  the  income,  issues  and  profits  of  so  much  of 
the  said  sum  of  two  millions  of  dollars  as  shall  remain  unexpended,  shall  be 
applied  to  maintain  the  said  college  according  to  my  directions. 

1.  The  Institution  shall  be  organized  as  soon  as  practicable,  and  to  ac- 
complish the  purpose  more  effectually,  due  public  notice  of  the  intended  open- 
ing of  the  college  shall  be  given — so  that  there  may  be  an  opportunity  to 
make  selections  of  competent  instructors,  and  other  agents,  and  those  who 
may  have  the  charge  of  orphans,  may  be  aware  of  the  provisions  intended 
for  them. 

2.  A  competent  number  of  instructors,  teachers,  assistants,  and  other 
necessary  agents  shall  be  selected,  and  when  needful,  their  places,  from  time 
to  time,  supplied:  they  shall  receive  adequate  compensation  for  their  ser. 
vices :  but  no  person  shall  be  employed,  who  shall  not  be  of  tried  skill  in  his 
or  her  proper  department,  of  established  moral  character,  and  in  all  cases 
persons  shall  be  chosen  on  account  of  their  merit,  and  not  through  favor  or 
intrigue. 

3.  As  many  poor  white  male  orphans,  between  the  age  of  six  and  ten 
years,  as  the  said  income  shall  be  adequate  to  maintain,  shall  be  introduced 


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into  the  college  as  soon  as  possible ;  and  from  time  to  time,  as  there  may  be 
vacancies,  or  as  increased  ability  from  income  may  warrant,  others  shall  be 
introduced. 

4.  On  the  application  for  admission,  an  accurate  statement  should  be  taken 
in  a  book,  prepared  for  the  purpose,  of  the  name,  birth-place,  age,  health, 
condition  as  to  relatives,  and  other  particulars  useful  to  be  known  of  each 
orphan. 

5.  No  orphan  should  be  admitted  until  the  guardians  or  directors  of  the 
poor,  or  a  proper  guardian  or  other  competent  authority,  shall  have  given, 
by  indenture,  relinquishment,  or  otherwise,  adequate  power  to  the  Mayor, 
Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Philadelphia,  or  to  directors,  or  others  by  them 
appointed,  to  enforce,  in  relation  to  each  orphan,  every  proper  restraint,  and 
to  prevent  relatives  or  others  from  interfering  with,  or  withdrawing  such 
orphan  from  the  institutien. 

6.  Those  orphans,  for  whose  admission  application  shall  first  be  made 
shall  be  first  introduced,  all  other  things  concurring — and  at  all  future  times, 
priority  of  application  shall  entitle  the  applicant  to  preference  in  admission, 
all  other  things  concurring ;  but  if  there  shall  be,  at  any  time,  more  appli- 
cants than  vacancies,  and  the  applying  orphans  shall  have  been  born  in  dif- 
ferent places,  a  preference  shall  be  given — -firsts  to  orphans  born  in  the  city 
of  Philadelphia ;  secondly,  to  those  born  in  any  other  part  of  Pennsylvania ; 
thirdly,  to  those  born  in  the  city  of  New  York  (that  being  the  first  port  on 
the  continent  of  North  America  at  which  I  arrived :)  and  lastly,  to  those  born 
in  the  City  of  New  Orleans,  being  the  first  port  on  the  said  continent  at  which 
I  first  traded,  in  the  first  instance  as  first  officer,  and  subsequently  as  master 
and  part  owner  of  a  vessel  and  cargo. 

7.  The  orphans  admitted  into  the  College,  shall  be  there  fed  with  plain  but 
wholesome  food,  clothed  with  plain  but  decent  apparel,  (no  distinctive  dress 
ever  to  be  worn)  and  lodged  in  a  plain  but  safe  manner ;  Due  regard  shall  be 
paid  to  their  health,  and  to  this  and  their  persons  and  clothes  shall  be  kept 
clean,  and  they  shall  have  suitable  and  rational  exercise  and  recreation : 
They  shall  be  instructed  in  the  various  branches  of  a  sound  education,  com- 
prehending reading,  writing,  grammar,  arithmetic,  geography,  navigation, 
surveying,  practical  mathematics,  astronomy;  natural,  chemical  and  experi- 
mental philosophy,  the  French  and  Spanish  languages,  (I  do  not  forbid,  but 
I  do  not  recommend  the  Greek  and  Latin  languages) — and  such  other  learn- 
ing and  science  as  the  capacities  of  the  several  scholars  may  merit  or  war- 
rant:  I  would  have  them  taught  facts  and  things,  rather  than  words  or  signs: 
and  especially,  I  desire,  that  by  every  proper  means  a  pure  attachment  to 
our  Republican  Institutions  and  to  the  sacred  rights  of  conscience,  as  guaran- 
teed by  our  happy  constitutions,  shall  be  formed  and  fostered  in  the  minds 
of  the  scholars. 


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8.  Should  it  unfortunately  happen,  that  any  of  the  orphans  admitted  into 
the  College,  shall,  from  malconduct,  have  become  unfit  companions  for  the 
rest,  and  mild  means  of  reformation  prove  abortive,  they  should  no  longer 
remain  therein. 

9.  Those  scholars,  who  shall  merit  it,  shall  remain  in  the  College  until 
they  shall  respectively  arrive  at  between  fourteen  and  eighteen  years  of  age ; 
they  shall  then  be  bound  out  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Phila- 
delphia, or  under  their  direction,  to  suitable  occupations,  as  those  of  agricul- 
ture, navigation,  arts,  mechanical  trades,  and  manufactures,  according  to  the 
capacities  and  acquirements  of  the  scholars  respectively,  consulting,  as  far 
as  prudence  shall  justify  it,  the  inclinations  of  the  several  scholars,  as  to  the 
occupation,  art  or  trade,  to  be  learned. 

In  relation  to  the  organization  of  the  College  and  its  appendages,  I  leave, 
necessarily,  many  details  to  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  their  successors ;  and  I  do  so,  with  the  more  confidence,  as,  from 
the  nature  of  my  bequests,  and  the  benefit  to  result  from  them,  I  trust  that 
my  fellow-citizens  of  Philadelphia,  will  observe  and  evince  especial  care  and 
anxiety  in  selecting  members  for  their  City  Councils,  and  other  agents. 

There  are,  however,  some  restrictions,  which  I  consider  it  my  duty  to  pre- 
scribe, and  to  be,  amongst  others,  conditions  on  which  my  bequest  for  said 
College  is  made,  and  to  be  enjoyed,  namely ;  first,  I  enjoin  and  require,  that 
if,  at  the  close  of  any  year,  the  income  of  the  fund  devoted  to  the  purposes 
of  the  said  College  shall  be  more  than  sufficient  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
Institution  during  that  year,  then  the  balance  of  the  said  income,  after  defray- 
ing such  maintenance,  shall  be  forthwith  invested  in  good  securities,  there- 
after to  be  and  remain  a  part  of  the  capital ;  but  in  no  event,  shall  any  part 
of  the  said  capital  be  sold,  disposed  of,  or  pledged,  to  meet  the  current  ex- 
penses of  the  said  Institution,  to  which  I  devote  the  interest,  income  and 
dividends  thereof,  exclusively  :  Secondly,  I  enjoin  and  require  that  no  eccle- 
siastic, missionary,  or  minister  of  any  sect  ivhatsoever,  shall  ever  hold  or 
exercise  any  station  or  duty  whatever  in  the  said  College  ;  nor  shall  any 
such  person  ever  be  admitted  for  any  purpose,  or  as  a  visiter,  icithin  the 
premises  appropriated  to  the  purposes  of  the  said  college : — In  making  this 
restriction,  I  do  not  mean  to  cast  any  reflection  upon  any  sect  or  person 
whatsoever  ;  but,  as  there  is  such  a  multitude  of  sects,  and  such  a  diversity  of 
opinion  amongst  them,  I  desire  to  keep  the  tender  minds  of  the  orphans,  who 
are  to  derive  advantage  from  this  bequest,  free  from  the  excitement  which 
clashing  doctrines  and  sectarian  controversy  are  so  apt  to  produce ;  my 
desire  is,  that  all  the  instructors  and  teachers  in  the  College,  shall  take  pains 
to  instil  into  the  minds  of  the  scholars,  the  purest  principles  of  morality,  so 
that,  on  their  entrance  into  active  life,  they  may  from  inclination  and  habit, 
evince  benevolence  towards  their  fellow  creatures,  and  a  love  of  truth,  sobriety 


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and  industry,  adopting  at  the  same  time,  such  religious  tenets  as  their  ma- 
tured reason  may  enable  them  to  prefer.  If  the  income,  arising  from  that 
part  of  the  said  sum  of  two  millions  of  dollars,  remaining  after  the  construc- 
tion and  furnishing  of  the  College  and  out-buildings,  shall,  owing  to  the 
increase  of  the  number  of  orphans  applying  for  admission,  or  other  cause,  be 
inadequate  to  the  construction  of  new  buildings,  or  the  maintenance  and 
education  of  as  many  orphans  as  may  apply  for  admission,  then  such  further 
sum  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  construction  of  new  buildings  and  the 
maintenance  and  education  of  such  further  number  of  orphans,  as  can  be 
maintained  and  instructed  within  such  buildings  as  the  said  square  of  ground 
shall  be  adequate  to,  shall  be  taken  from  the  final  residuary  fund  hereinafter 
expressly  referred  to  for  the  purpose,  comprehending  the  income  of  my  real 
estate  in  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,  and  the  dividends  of  my  stock 
in  the  Schuylkill  Navigation  Company — my  design  and  desire  being,  that 
the  benefits  of  said  institution,  shall  be  extended  to  as  great  a  number  of 
orphans,  as  the  limits  of  the  said  square  and  buildings  therein  can  accom- 
modate. 

XXII.  And  as  to  the  further  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars, 
part  of  the  residue  of  my  personal  estate,  in  trust,  to  invest  the  same  securely, 
and  to  keep  the  same  so  invested,  and  to  apply  the  income  thereof  exclusively 
to  the  following  purposes :   that  is  to  say — 

1.  To  lay  out,  regulate,  curb,  light  and  pave  a  passage  or  street,  on  the 
east  part  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  fronting  the  river  Delaware,  not  less 
than  twenty-one  feet  wide,  and  to  be  called  Delaivare  Avenue,  extending 
from  Vine  to  Cedar  street,  all  along  the  east  part  of  Water  street  squares, 
and  the  west  side  of  the  logs,  which  form  the  heads  of  the  docks,  or  there- 
abouts ;  and  to  this  intent  to  obtain  such  Acts  of  Assembly,  and  to  make 
such  purchases  or  agreements,  as  will  enable  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and 
Citizens  of  Philadelphia,  to  remove  or  pull  down  all  the  buildings,  fences  and 
obstructions  which  may  be  in  the  way,  and  to  prohibit  all  buildings,  fences, 
or  erections  of  any  kind  to  the  eastward  of  said  Avenue ;  to  fill  up  the  heads 
of  such  of  the  docks  as  may  not  afford  sufficient  room  for  the  said  street; 
to  compel  the  owners  of  wharves  to  keep  them  clean,  and  covered  completely 
with  gravel  or  other  hard  materials,  and  to  be  so  leveled  that  water  will  not 
remain  thereon  after  a  shower  of  rain;  to  completely  clean  and  keep  clean 
all  the  docks  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  fronting  on  the  Delaware ;  and 
to  pull  down  all  platforms  carried  out,  from  the  east  part  of  the  city  over  the 
river  Delaware,  on  piles  or  pillars. 

2.  To  pull  down  and  remove  all  wooden  buildings,  as  well  those  made 
of  wood  and  other  combustible  materials,  as  those  called  brick-paned,  or 
frame   buildings   filled  in  with  bricks,  that  are  erected  within   the  limits  of 

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the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and  also  to  prohibit  the  erection  of  any  such  building, 
within  the  said  city's  limits  at  any  future  time. 

3.  To  regulate,  widen,  pave  and  curb  Water  street,  and  to  distribute  the 
Schuylkill  water  therein,  upon  the  following  plan,  that  is  to  say — that  Water 
street   be   widened   east   and   west   from  Vine  street,  all  the   way  to   South 
street,  in  like  manner  as  it  is  from  the  front  of  my  dwelling  to  the  front  of 
my  stores  on  the  west  side  of  Water  street,  and  the  regulation  of  the  curb- 
stones continued  at  the  same  distance  from  one  another  as  they  are  at  pre- 
sent opposite  to  the  said  dwelling  and  stores,  so  that  the  regulation  of  the 
said  street  be  not  less  than  thirty-nine  feet  wide,  and  afford  a  large  and  con- 
venient  footway,  clear   of  obstructions   and   incumbrances   of  every  nature? 
and  the  cellar  doors  on  which,  if  any  shall  be  permitted,  not  to  extend  from 
the  buildings  on  to  the  footway  more  than  four  feet ;  the  said  width  to  be 
increased  gradually,  as  the  fund  shall  permit,  and  as  the  capacity  to  remove 
impediments   shall   increase,  until   there   shall   be  a   correct  and   permanent 
regulation   of  Water  street,  on    the  principles  above  stated,  so  that  it   may 
run  north  and  south  as  straight  as  possible.     That  the  ten  feet  middle  alley, 
belonging  to  the  public,  and  running  from  the  centre  of  the  east  squares  to 
Front  street,  all  the  way  down  across  Water  street  to  the  river  Delaware, 
be  kept  open  and  cleansed  as  city  property,  all  the  way  from  Vine  to  South 
street;  that  such  part  of  each  centre  or  middle  alley  as  runs  from  Front  to 
Water  street,  be  arched  over  with  bricks  or  stone,  in  so  strong  a  manner  as 
to  facilitate  the  building  of  plain  and  permanent  stone  steps  and  platforms, 
so  that  they  may  be  washed  and  kept  constantly  clean ;  and  that  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  said  alleys,  from  the  east  side  of  Water  street,  be  curbed  all 
the  way  to  the  river  Delaware,  and  kept  open  forever.     (I  understand  that 
those  middle  or  centre  alleys  were  left  open  in  the  first  plan  of  the  lots,  on 
the  east  front  of  the  city,  which  were  granted  from  the  east  side  of  Front 
street  to  the  river  Delaware,  and  that  each  lot  on  said  east  front  has  con- 
tributed to  make  those  alleys,  by  giving  a  part  of  their  ground  in  proportion 
to  the  size  of  each  lot ;  those  alleys  were  in  the  first  instance,  and  still  are, 
considered  public  property,  intended  for  the  convenience  of  the  inhabitants 
residing  in  Front  street,  to  go  down  to  the  river  for  water  and  other  pur- 
poses; but,  owing  to  neglect  or  to  some  other  cause,  on   the   part  of  those 
who  have   had  the   care  of  the  city  property,  several  encroachments  have 
been   made   on   them  by  individuals,  by  wholly  occupying,  or   building  over 
them,  or  otherwise,  and  in  that  way  the  inhabitants,  more  particularly  those 
who  reside  in  the  neighborhood,  are  deprived  of  the  benefit  of  that  whole- 
some air,  which  their  opening  and  cleansing  throughout  would  afford.)     That 
the  iron  pipes,  in  Water  street,  which,  by  being  of  smaller  size  than  those 
in  the  other  streets,  and  too  near  the  surface  of  the  ground,  cause  constant 


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leaks,  particularly  in  the  winter  season,  which  in  many  places  render  the 
street  impassible,  be  taken  up  and  replaced  by  pipes  of  the  same  size,  quality 
and  dimensions  in  every  respect,  and  laid  down  as  deeply  from  the  surface 
of  the  ground,  as  the  iron  pipes,  which  are  laid  in  the  main  streets  of  the 
city  ;  and  as  it  respects  pumps  for  Schuylkill  water  and  fire-plugs  in  Water 
street,  that  one  of  each  be  fixed  at  the  south-west  corner  of  Vine  and  Water 
streets,  and  so  running  southward,  one  of  each  near  the  steps  of  the  centre 
alley,  going  up  to  Front  street;  one  of  each  at  the  south-west  corner  of 
Sassafras  and  Water  street ;  one  of  each  near  the  steps  of  the  centre  alley 
going  up  to  Front  street,  and  so  on  at  every  south-west  corner  of  all  the 
main  streets  and  Water  street,  and  of  the  centre  alleys  of  every  square,  as 
far  as  South  or  Cedar  street ;  and  when  the  same  shall  have  been  completed, 
that  all  Water  street  shall  be  repaved  by  the  best  workmen,  in  the  most 
complete  manner,  with  the  best  paving  water-stones,  after  the  height  of  the 
curbstones  shall  have  been  regulated  throughout,  as  well  as  the  ascent  and 
descent  of  the  street,  in  such  manner  as  to  conduct  the  water  through  the 
main  streets  and  the  centre  alleys  to  the  river  Delaware,  as  far  as  practi- 
cable; and  whenever  any  part  of  the  street  shall  want  to  be  raised,  to  use 
nothing  but  good  paving  gravel  for  that  purpose,  so  as  to  make  the  paving 
as  permanent  as  possible.  By  all  which  improvements,  it  is  my  intention 
to  place  and  maintain  the  section  of  the  city  above  referred  to,  in  a  condition 
which  will  correspond  better  with  the  general  cleanliness  and  appearance  of 
the  whole  city,  and  be  more  consistent  with  the  safety,  health,  and  comfort 
of  the  citizens.  And  my  mind  and  will  are,  that  all  the  income,  interest, - 
and  dividends  of  the  said  capital  sum  of  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  shall 
be  yearly,  and  every  year,  expended  upon  the  said  objects,  in  the  order  in 
which  I  have  stated  them,  as  closely  as  possible,  and  upon  no  other  objects 
until  those  enumerated  shall  have  been  attained  :  and,  when  those  objects 
shall  have  been  accomplished,  I  authorize  and  direct  the  said,  the  Mayor, 
Aldermen  and  Citizens,  to  apply  such  part  of  the  income  of  the  said  capital 
sum  of  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  as  they  may  think  proper,  to  the  fur- 
ther improvement,  from  time  to  time,  of  the  eastern  or  Delaware  front  of 
the  city. 

XXIII.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  the 
sum  of  Three  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  internal 
improvements  by  canal  navigation,  to  be  paid  into  the  State  treasury  by  my 
executors,  as  soon  as  such  laws  shall  have  been  enacted  by  the  constituted 
authorities  of  the  said  Commonwealth  as  shall  be  necessary,  and  amply 
sufficient  to  carry  into  effect,  or  to  enable  the  constituted  authorities  of  the 
city  of  Philadelphia  to  carry  into  effect  the  several  improvements  above 
specified;  namely,  1.  Laws,  to  cause  Delaware  Avenue,  as  above  described, 
to  be  made,  paved,  curbed  and  lighted;  to  cause  the  buildings,  fences,  and 


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other  obstructions  now  existing,  to  be  abated  and  removed  ;  and  to  prohibit  the 
creation  of  any  such  obstructions  to  the  eastward  of  said  Delaware  Avenue ; 
2.  Laws,  to  cause  all  wooden  buildings,  as  above  described,  to  be  removed, 
and  to  prohibit  their  future  erection  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia; 3.  Laws,  providing  for  the  gradual  widening,  regulating,  paving  and 
curbing  Water  street,  as  hereinbefore  described,  and  also  for  the  repairing 
the  middle  alleys,  and  introducing  the  Schuylkill  water,  and  pumps,  as  before 
specified — all  which  objects  may,  I  persuade  myself,  be  accomplished  on  prin- 
ciples at  once  just  in  relation  to  individuals,  and  highly  beneficial  to  the  public  : 
the  said  sum,  however,  not  to  be  paid,  unless  said  laws  be  passed  within  one 
year  after  my  decease. 

XXIV.  And  as  it  regards  the  remainder  of  said  residue  of  my  personal 
estate,  in  trust,  to  invest  the  same  in  good  securities,  and  in  like  manner  to 
invest  the  interest  and  income  thereof,  from  time  to  time,  so  that  the  whole 
shall  form  a  permanent  fund ;  and  to  apply  the  income  of  the  said  fund. 

1st.  To  the  further  improvement  and  maintenance  of  the  aforesaid  College, 
as  directed  in  the  last  paragraph  of  the  XXIst  clause  of  this  Will. 

2d.  To  enable  the  Corporation  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia  to  provide  more 
effectually  than  they  now  do,  for  the  security  of  the  persons  and  property 
of  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  city  by  a  competent  police,  including  a  sufficient 
number  of  watchmen,  really  suited  to  the  purpose :  and  to  this  end,  I  recom- 
mend a  division  of  the  city  into  watch  districts,  or  four  parts,  each  under  a 
proper  head,  and  that,  at  least  two  watchmen  shall,  in  each  round  or  station, 
patrol  together 

3d.  To  enable  the  said  Corporation  to  improve  the  city  property,  and  the 
general  appearance  of  the  city  itself,  and,  in  effect,  to  diminish  the  burden  of 
taxation,  now  most  oppressive,  especially  on  those  who  are  the  least  able  to 
bear  it : — 

To  all  which  objects,  the  prosperity  of  the  city,  and  the  health  and  com- 
fort of  its  inhabitants,  I  devote  the  said  fund  as  aforesaid,  and  direct  the 
income  thereof  to  be  applied  yearly,  and  every  year  forever,  after  providing 
for  the  College  as  hereinbefore  directed,  as  my  primary  object.  But,  if  the 
said  City  shall  knowingly  and  wilfully  violate  any  of  the  conditions  herein- 
before and  hereinafter  mentioned,  then  I  give  and  bequeath  the  said  remain- 
der, and  accumulations,  to  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  internal  navigation ;  excepting,  however,  the  rents,  issues  and  profits 
of  my  real  estate  in  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,  which  shall  forever 
be  reserved  and  applied  to  maintain  the  aforesaid  College,  in  the  manner 
specified  in  the  last  paragraph  of  the  XXTst  clause  of  this  Will :  And  if  the 
Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  shall  fail  to  apply  this  or  the  preceding 
bequest  to  the  purposes  before  mentioned,  or  shall  apply  any  part  thereof  to 
any  other  use,  or  shall,  for  the  term  of  one  year   from  the  time  of  my 


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decease,  fail  or  omit  to  pass  the  laws  hereinbefore  specified  for  promoting  the 
improvement  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  then  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  the 
said  remainder  and  accumulations  (the  rents  aforesaid  always  excepted  and 
reserved  for  the  College  as  aforesaid)  to  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the 
purposes  of  internal  navigation,  and  no  other. 

Provided,  nevertheless,  and  I  do  hereby  declare,  that  all  the  preceding 
bequests  and  devices  of  the  residue  of  my  estate  to  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and 
Citizens  of  Philadelphia,  are  made  upon  the  following  express  conditions,  that 
is  to  say  : — First,  That  none  of  the  moneys,  principal,  interest,  dividends  or 
rents  arising  from  the  said  residuary  devise  and  bequest,  shall  at  any  time  be 
applied  to  any  other  purpose  or  purposes  whatever,  than  those  herein  men- 
tioned and  appointed  ;  Second,  That  separate  accounts,  distinct  from  the  other 
accounts  of  the  Corporation,  shall  be  Kept  by  the  said  Corporation,  concern- 
ing the  said  devise,  bequest,  College  and  funds,  and  of  the  investment  and 
application  thereof:  and  that  a  separate  account  or  accounts  of  the  same  shall 
be  kept  in  bank,  not  blended  with  any  other  account,  so  that  it  may  at  all 
times  appear,  on  examination  by  a  committee  of  the  Legislature,  as  herein- 
after mentioned,  that  my  intentions  had  been  fully  complied  with  :  Third, 
That  the  said  Corporation  render  a  detailed  account  annually,  in  duplicate,  to 
the  Legislature  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  at  the  commencement 
of  the  session,  one  copy  for  the  Senate,  and  the  other  for  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, concerning  the  said  devised  and  bequeathed  estate,  and  the  invest- 
ment and  application  of  the  same,  and  also  a  report  in  like  manner  of  the 
state  of  the  said  College,  and  shall  submit  all  their  books,  papers,  and  ac- 
counts touching  the  same,  to  a  committee  or  committees  of  the  Legislature 
for  examination,  when  the  same  shall  be  required. 

4th.  The  said  Corporation  shall  also  cause  to  be  published  in  the  month  of 
January,  annually,  in  two  or  more  newspapers,  printed  in  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia, a  concise  but  plain  account  of  the  state  of  the  trusts,  devises  and 
bequests  herein  declared  and  made,  comprehending  the  condition  of  the  said 
College,  the  number  of  scholars,  and  other  particulars  needful  to  be  publicly 
known,  for  the  year  next  preceding  the  said  month  of  January,  annually. 

XXV.  And  whereas,  I  have  executed  an  assignment,  in  trust,  of  my  bank- 
ing establishment,  to  take  effect  the  day  before  my  decease,  to  the  intent  that 
all  the  concerns  thereof  may  be  closed  by  themselves,  without  being  blended 
with  the  concerns  of  my  general  estaste,  and  the  balance  remaining  to  be  paid 
over  to  my  executors:  Now,  I  do  hereby  direct  my  executors,  hereinafter 
mentioned,  not  to  interfere  with  the  said  trust  in  any  way  except  to  see  that 
the  same  is  faithfully  executed,  and  to  aid  the  execution  thereof  by  all  such 
acts  and  deeds  as  may  be  necessary  and  expedient  to  effectuate  the  same,  so 
that  it  may  be  speedily  closed,  and  the  balance  paid  over  to  my  executors,  to 
go,  as  in  my  Will,  into  the  residue  of  my  estate:  And  I  do  hereby  authorize, 


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direct  and  empower  the  said  trustees,  from  time  to  time,  as  the  capital  of  the 
said  bank  shall  be  received,  and  shall  not  be  wanted  for  the  discharge  of  the 
debts  due  thereat,  to  invest  the  same  in  good  securities,  in  the  names  of  my 
executors,  and  to  hand  over  the  same  to  them,  to  be  disposed  of  according  to 
this  my  Will. 

XXVI.  Lastly^  I  do  hereby  nominate  and  appoint  Timothy  Paxson, 
Thomas  P.  Cope,  Joseph  Roberts,  William  J.  Duane  and  John  A.  Barclay, 
executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament :  I  recommend  to  them  to  close 
the  concerns  of  my  estate  as  expeditiously  as  possible,  and  to  see  that  my 
intentions  in  respect  to  the  residue  of  my  estate  are  and  shall  be  strictly 
complied  with  :  and  1  do  hereby  revoke  all  other  Wills  by  me  heretofore 
made. 

In  witness,  I,  the  said  Stephen  Girard,  have  to  this  my  last  Will  and  Tes- 
tament, contained  in  thirty-five  pages,  set  my  hand  at  the  bottom  of  each 
page,  and  my  hand  and  seal  at  the  bottom  of  this  page ;  the  said  Will  exe- 
cuted, from  motives  of  prudence,  in  duplicate,  this  sixteenth  day  of  February, 
in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty. 

STEPHEN  GIRARD,  [seal]. 
Signed,  sealed,  published,  and  declared  by  the  said  Stephen"} 

Girard,  as  and   for  his  last  Will  and  Testament,  in  the 

presence  of  us,  who  have  at  his  request  hereunto 

scribed  our  names  as  witnesses  thereto,  in  the  presence 

of  the  said  Testator,  and  of  each  other,  Feb.  16, 1830. 

JOHN  H.  IRWIN, 
SAMUEL  ARTHUR, 
S.  H.  CARPENTER. 

WHEREAS,  I,  Stephen  Girard,  the  Testator  named  in  the  foregoing  Will, 
and  Testament,  dated  the  sixteenth  day  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and 
thirty,  have,  since  the  execution  thereof,  purchased  several  parcels  and  pieces 
of  real  estate,  and  have  built  sundry  Messuages,  all  of  which,  as  well  as  any 
real  estate  that  I  may  hereafter  purchase,  it  is  my  wish  and  intention  to  pass 
by  the  said  Will:  Now,  I  do  hereby  republish  the  foregoing  last  Will  and 
Testament,  dated  February  16,  1830,  and  do  confirm  the  same  in  all  parti- 
culars. In  witness,  I,  the  said  Stephen  Girard,  set  my  hand  and  seal  here- 
unto, the  twenty-fifth  day  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty. 

STEPHEN  GIRARD,  [seal.] 

Signed,  sealed,  published,  and  declared  by  the  said  Stephen"" 
Girard,  as  and  for  a  republication  of  his  last  Will  and 
Testament,  in  the  presence  of  us,  who  at  his  request,  have 
hereunto  subscribed  our  names  as  witnesses  thereto,  in  j 
the  presence  of  the  said  Testator  and  of  each  other,  De-  J 
cember  25th,  1830.  J 

JOHN  H.  IRWIN, 

SAMUEL  ARTHUR, 

JNO.  THOMSON. 


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WHEREAS,  I,  Stephen  Girard,  the  Testator  named  in  the  foregoing 
Will  and  Testament,  dated  February  16,  1830,  have,  since  the  execution 
thereof,  purchased  several  parcels  and  pieces  of  land  and  real  estate,  and 
have  built  sundry  Messuages,  all  which,  as  well  as  any  real  estate  that  I  may 
hereafter  purchase,  it  is  my  intention  to  pass  by  said  Will ;  And  whereas,  in 
particular,  I  have  recently  purchased  from  Mr.  William  Parker,  the  Mansion 
House,  out-buildings,  and  forty-five  acres  and  some  perches  of  land,  called 
Peel  Hall,  on  the  Ridge  Road,  in  Penn  Township;  Now,  I  declare  it  to  be 
my  intention,  and  I  direct,  that  the  Orphan  establishment,  provided  for  in 
my  said  Will,  instead  of  being  built  as  therein  directed  upon  my  square  of 
ground  between  High  and  Chesnut  and  Eleventh  and  Twelfth  streets  in  the 
city  of  Philadelphia,  shall  be  built  upon  the  estate  so  purchased  from  Mr.  W# 
Parker,  and  I  hereby  devote  the  said  estate  to  that  purpose,  exclusively,  in 
the  same  manner  as  I  had  devoted  the  said  square,  hereby  directing  that  all 
the  improvements  and  arrangements  for  the  said  Orphan  establishment  pre- 
scribed by  my  said  Will  as  to  said  square,  shall  be  made  and  executed  upon 
the  said  estate,  just  as  if  I  had  in  my  Will  devoted  the  said  estate  to  said 
purpose — consequently,  the  said  square  of  ground  is  to  constitute,  and  I  de- 
clare it  to  be  a  part  of  the  residue  and  remainder  of  my  real  and  personal 
estate,  and  given  and  devised  for  the  same  uses  and  purposes  as  are  declared 
in  section  twenty  of  my  Will,  it  being  my  intention  that  the  said  square  of 
ground  shall  be  built  upon  and  improved  in  such  a  manner  as  to  secure  a 
safe  and  permanent  income  for  the  purposes  stated  in  said  twentieth  section. 
In  witness  thereof,  I,  the  said  Stephen  Girard,  set  my  hand  and  seal  here- 
unto the  twentieth  day  of  June,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-one. 

STEPHEN  GIRARD,  [seal.] 

Signed,  sealed,  published,  and  declared  by  the  said  Stephen^ 
Girard,  as  and  for  a  republication  of  his  last  Will  and 
Testament,  and  a  further  direction  in  relation  to  the  real 
estate  therein  mentioned,  in  the  presence  of  us,  who,  at 
his  request,  have  hereunto  subscribed  our  names  as  wit- 
nesses thereto,  in  the  presence  of  the  said  Testator,  and 
of  each  other,  June  20,  1831. 

S.  H.  CARPENTER. 

L.  BARDIN. 

SAMUEL  ARTHUR. 


Philadelphia,  December  31st,  1831.— Then  personally  appeared  Samuel 
Arthur  and  S.  H.  Carpenter,  two  of  the  witnesses  to  the  foregoing  Will  and 
the  second  Codicil  or  republication  thereof,  and  on  their  oaths  did  say,  that 
they  were  present,  and  did  see  and  hear  Stephen  Girard,  the  testator  in  the 
said  Will  and  second  republication  thereof  named,  sign,  seal,  publish  and  de- 
clare the  same  as  and  for  his  last  Will  and  Testament,  and  republication 


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thereof,  and  that  at  the  doing  thereof,  he  was  of  sound  mind,  memory  and 
understanding,  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and  belief;  and  at  the  same 
time  appeared  Jno.  Thomson,  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  first  republication 
of  said  Will,  and  on  his  solemn  affirmation  did  say  that  he  was  present,  and 
did  see  and  hear  Stephen  Girard,  the  testator  in  the  first  republication  of  said 
Will,  named,  sign,  seal,  publish,  and  declare  the  same  as  and  for  a  republi- 
cation of  his  last  Will  and  Testament.  And  the  said  Samuel  Arthur,  an- 
other of  the  witnesses  to  said  first  re-publication  of  said  Will,  on  his  oath  did 
further  say,  that  he  was  present,  and  did  see  and  hear  Stephen  Girard,  the 
testator  in  the  first  republication  of  said  Will,  named,  sign,  seal,  publish  and 
declare  the  same  as  and  for  a  republication  of  his  last  Will  and  Testament 
and  they  both  did  say  that  at  the  doing  thereof,  he  was  of  sound  mind, 
memory,  and  understanding,  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and  belief. 
0  Coram, 

J.  HUMES,  Register. 

December  31,  1831. — Timothy  Paxson  and  Thomas  P.  Cope,  two  of  the 
Executors,  affirmed,  and  Joseph  Roberts,  William  J.  Duane,  and  John  A. 
Barclay,  the  other  Executors,  sworn,  and  letters  testamentary  granted  unto 
them. 


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